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Light and sound waves are found on the same spectrum. Both are types of waves, but light having a shorter wave length and a higher frequency, we can see light. Sound having a shorter wavelength means that we cannot see it with the naked eye
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agothey both have the word waves :p
Because they are both waves, they can be refracted, reflected and absorbed by different things they encounter.
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∙ 12y agoBoth travel in waves but and come out from all directions if the souce other than that nit very much alike as sound waves are vibrations
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How is light and sound alike?
Sound and light are alike when light is considered a wave. Light may also be considered a stream of particles, but in the times that it is considered a wave it obeys the same mathematical laws that sound does.
How are earthquake sound light waves alike?
S Waves have the same wave form in air.
What is the lowest point on a Sound or light wave?
The lowest point on a Sound or light wave is called a trough.
How sound waves differ from light waves?
Sound is a longitudinal wave and a light wave is a transverse wave. Sound requires a medium to travel through but light can propagate without any medium.
The quality in sound that corresponds to color in light is?
sound and light both share wave properties (ie. frequency and wave length). unlike sound light behaves as both a wave and a particle.
How is light and sound alike?
Sound and light are alike when light is considered a wave. Light may also be considered a stream of particles, but in the times that it is considered a wave it obeys the same mathematical laws that sound does.
How are earthquake sound light waves alike?
S Waves have the same wave form in air.
What do we see that the amplitude of a wave produces?
The amplitude of a wave produces the intensity of the wave. With a light wave, it is the intensity of the light, with a sound wave, it is how loud the sound is
What is the lowest point on a Sound or light wave?
The lowest point on a Sound or light wave is called a trough.
How sound waves differ from light waves?
Sound is a longitudinal wave and a light wave is a transverse wave. Sound requires a medium to travel through but light can propagate without any medium.
The quality in sound that corresponds to color in light is?
sound and light both share wave properties (ie. frequency and wave length). unlike sound light behaves as both a wave and a particle.
What features of light corresponds to loudness in sound?
The property is the amplitude, which corresponds to loudness for a sound wave or brightness for a light wave.
Are sound waves and light waves transverse?
Light is an electromagnetic wave; and those are transverse. Sound is usually a longitudinal wave.
Are light radio and sound transverse waves?
Light is an electromagnetic wave; and those are transverse. Sound is usually a longitudinal wave.
Can you make a sound wave at a high enough frequency to convert it into light?
First of all, a sound wave is not a light wave. The frequency is not the only difference - it is quite a different type of wave. A wound wave might somehow INDUCE the creation of light waves (I don't know, it is just a possibility), but the sound wave ITSELF will not become a light wave. Second, the frequencies of light are extremely high; I am not sure whether sound can made at such frequencies.
Which of the following is not a transverse wave sound or radio wave or light or all of the above or none of the above?
Sound.
What is the difference between light band sound?
Easy. Light is a wave you can see, sound is a wave you can hear. B.T.W. light travels 186000 miles per second, and sound at 678.2.
