Sound waves propagate in a medium as a series of compressions and rarefactions, similar to the way a disturbance moves through a slinky. This creates alternating high and low-pressure regions that move through the medium.
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Sound waves propagate in a medium as a series of compressions and rarefactions, similar to the way a disturbance moves through a slinky. This creates alternating high and low-pressure regions that move through the medium.
Sound waves propagate in a medium through a series of compressions and rarefactions. These alternating high and low-pressure regions move through the medium as particles oscillate back and forth parallel to the wave’s direction, transmitting the sound energy without a net movement of particles.