A sound wave travels vertically downwards from a speaker on the ceiling to a microphone on the floor. Let point P P\,P be at the ceiling speaker and point Q Q\,Q be at the floor microphone directly below PPP.
Which of the following represents the movement of the air molecules, caused by the sound wave, in the region between P P\,P and QQQ?
↔\leftrightarrow↔ (horizontal back-and-forth movement)
↕\updownarrow↕ (vertical back-and-forth movement)
↻\circlearrowright↻ (circular movement)
A line with a single arrowhead pointing downwards from PPP to QQQ
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