A bell is rung. What best describes the density of air around the bell?

When the bell rings, it creates sound waves that travel through the air. These waves make air molecules bunch together in some regions, increasing density, and spread apart in others, decreasing density. The density therefore increases and decreases repeatedly as the sound passes, then returns to normal after the sound fades. This matches “increases and decreases repeatedly before returning to normal.”

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