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When the sound is carried by air, yes. Sound is carried in pressure waves, which are represented by differences in density of the medium. This fluctuation in density causes particles to move around.
This will happen regardless of the medium, be it air, water, a solid, or whatever. The denser the material is, the less efficient the transfer will be, hence sound underwater seems somewhat muted.
Since there is no medium in a vacuum, sound is not carried. There are rumors that sound will be carried though a variety of other methods, but that is not the case, as it is reliant on a medium to carry it. One may only hear things from objects to which one is attached through some medium.
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∙ 11y agoNo, if the term "vibrating molecules" means vibrations within the individual molecules. It is not vibration of the individual molecules, but the "vibration" of regions of molecules that is the phenomena we call sound.
Sound can travel in gas, liquid and solids, but this answer will address only sound in air since the other situations are similar.
In air, vibrations of physical objects, like the human vocal cords or a drum, cause air next to the object to become compressed and rarefied as the object vibrates. When a region of air is compressed, it pushes outward and air movement occurs to nearby regions. When a region of air is rarefied, movement develops from the nearby regions towards the less dense regions. When an object vibrates, the compression and rarefaction process repeats with regularity and the regions of air movement develop regularity and those region propagate away from the vibration source.
That propagation of compressed and rarefied regions of air is sound.
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∙ 11y agoYes.
Sound waves traveling through air are a form of compressional (or longitudinal) wave in which the air molecules move back and forth as the sound wave travels through them.
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∙ 10y agoAnswer: yes it does
Answer: Sound can travel via any atoms or molecules that are able to bump into one another. That includes air and other gases.
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∙ 14y agoYes, then these vibrations are turned into electrical signals that are sent to the brain.
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∙ 14y agoYes. That is the reason we can hear.
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Vibrating objects usually produce?
A. sound waves.
Which component of a loudspeaker produces sound waves?
The vibrating paper cone does.
What type of energy is caused by air molecules vibrating?
The type of energy caused by air molecules vibrating is called sound energy.
What is a sound wave made up of?
A sound wave is simply a vibration in the air molecules, or the molecules of some other substance. This vibration propagates as a wave, the energy gets transferred somewhere else.
Does sound energy travel in waves?
Sounds are waves and waves have energy.
Are sound waves are made up of chains and vibrating chains?
molecules
Do sound waves vibrate the air?
No. Vibrating air IS sound waves. With no atmosphere (no air, like in space), there are no sound waves.
How do instruments work?
by vibrating sound waves
Sound waves are waves of vibrating what?
Sound waves are waves of vibrations. When you speak, you vibrate a few air molecules, which vibrate and hit other air molecules, then more and more. when the molecules in your ear vibrate, you hear sound. But really, you feel the vibrations. Then why do we say hear, instead of feel? Because we are already used to saying hear. you wouldn't come to your friend and say, "Speak louder! I can't feel you!"
What are sound waves produced by a vibrating object?
SEISMIC WAVES.Tranverse Waves.
What made sound?
It was made by air vibrating called sound waves
Sound waves are produced by what object?
Vibrating objects.
Sound is actually vibrating waves of what?
the organ of the eardrum
Vibrating objects usually produce?
A. sound waves.
When two men talk on the moon they cannot hear each other why?
Sound waves travel via vibrating molecules in air or other materials (water for example). On the Moon there is no atmosphere and as such nothing for sound waves to travel in.
When two men walk on the moon they cannot hear each other why?
Sound waves travel via vibrating molecules in air or other materials (water for example). On the Moon there is no atmosphere and as such nothing for sound waves to travel in.
What are the energy waves directed down the ear canal to the eardrum by?
The ear drum vibrates by the vibrating air molecules near it due to the sound wave.
