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Light travels almost a million times faster in air. There is very little difference between the speed of light in a vacuum as in air. It is around 0.01% slower in air. Because of the difference between the speed of light and sound you can estimate the distance of a lightning strike. For every 3 seconds between the flash and the sound of thunder the lightning strike is 1 km away or 5 seconds for a mile. The actual speeds are light 300,000 km per second speed of sound 0.33 km per second.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe speed of light, 186,282 miles per second, goes way, way faster than the speed of sound, 768 miles per hour.
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Whats faster sound or light?
Light is about 800,000 faster (compared to the speed of sound in air).
Does sound travels faster through water or air?
Sound waves travel faster through denser mediums, and water is denser than air, so sound travels faster through water than air
Does sound travel faster in warmer or colder air?
I would think in warmer Air....
Do sound waves travel faster through air than solids?
No. In general, the denser the medium, the faster sound travels.
When sound waves travel from air to water what will happen to the speed at which they are traveling?
Sound speeds up when it goes into water from air. Sound travels much faster in water than in air.
Do sound waves or light waves travel faster?
In air, light waves travel about 871 thousand times faster than sound waves.
Why does light travel faster that sound in the air?
Sound requires the physical motion of material. Light doesn't.
What does sound go faster through a vacuum or a solid?
Sound does not travel in a vacuum. It needs a medium in which to travel (unlike light) and so sound cannot travel in a vacuum. However, in a solid sound travels faster than in air.
What type of air does sound travel faster in?
Sound travels faster in moist air
Can the speed of sound travel faster than the speed of light?
No. Light in vacuum is roughly 880 thousand timesas fast as sound in air.
Does sound travel faster in the air or water?
Sound travels faster in water thanin air.
Would sound travel faster in warm air or cold air why?
The sound travel faster in warm air because the average mean speed of the molecules of air is faster in warm air than on cool air. Sound is transferred by collisions of molecules. Therefore sound waves will travel faster on warm air because collisions of molecules of air in warm air is greater.
What travels faster in air sound or light and how do you know this?
Light is faster in air than sound.
Does sound travel faster in warm or cold air and why?
sound travel faster in cold air half i give you further other person will give
Does sound travel faster in outer space or in air?
sound travels faster through a solid because the particles are right next to each other and so it is faster to vibrate whereas air particles are further apart and take longer to travel. So yes it would travel through the ground faster than air.
Will sound travel faster in solid or air?
Much faster in a solid
Does sound travel faster or slower when the air gets warmer?
faster
