What is compressed?

"Compressed means something has been squished down to take up less space, just like when you squeeze a balloon to make it smaller."

Imagine you have a big bag full of toys, and you want to put them in your backpack for school. If you just toss them all in, the bag is messy and takes up a lot of room. But if you compress them, like stacking them neatly or squishing them together, they take less space, so your backpack isn’t as full.

Think about a sponge. When it’s wet and soft, it takes up a lot of space in the sink. But when you squeeze all the water out of it, it becomes smaller, that's compression!

People compress things like files on a computer or even air in a bicycle pump to save space or make things work better. Just like how you might squish your toys to fit them into your backpack more easily!"Compressed means something has been squished down to take up less space, just like when you squeeze a balloon to make it smaller."

Imagine you have a big bag full of toys, and you want to put them in your backpack for school. If you just toss them all in, the bag is messy and takes up a lot of room. But if you compress them, like stacking them neatly or squishing them together, they take less space, so your backpack isn’t as full.

Think about a sponge. When it’s wet and soft, it takes up a lot of space in the sink. But when you squeeze all the water out of it, it becomes smaller, that's compression!