There really isn't much of a connection between GPS (global positioning system) and sound waves. Sound waves are mechanical energy. They're pressure waves (force) that are transmitted into the medium through which they are going to travel. GPS is all about electromagnetic waves. And they can travel through the vacuum of space (as well as atmosphere, though with some scattering loss). GPS is a linked group of orbiting satellites that, for any given place and any given moment, form what may be referred to as a "constellation" (yes, just like the stars) overhead that can be used to locate a receiver on the earth. The satellites are always in motion and the constellations change, but the net result remains the same. At any time there will be enough of the birds somewhere overhead to talk to an individual receiver, and that receiver, based on the signals and the differential times at which they arrive, can calculate a geographic location. (There's a little whiz-bang processer inside that crunches all the numbers.) Need links? You got 'em.
Sound waves are the means by which echolocation works. First, sounds are transmitted by an organism or a device. Sound waves will "bounce" off of objects and reflect back towards the source (in fact, in many different directions). Echolocation works by listening for these echoes and their differing arrival times to determine the distance and location of the object the sound is echoing from.
it uses radio waves which is a form of energy waves that light is also classified under. sound requires a median to travel, light waves and radio waves do not, so out of the two, it's closest to light, thought it isn't exactly light.
An animal will emit a sound and then listen for the echo. If the echo takes a long time to return, then the animal knows that obstacles in front of it are far away. If the echo takes a short time to return, then obstacles are close to it.
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surface waves can only travel along the surface.
Your comparison attempt is confusing. Water molecules don't have 'waves' by themselves. The ocean has waves, H2O does not. We use the behavior of ocean and sound waves to determine the behavior and makeup of light waves. Humans can only see a portion of the existing electromagnetic spectrum. X-rays and Gamma rays have the shortest wavelengths. Radio waves have the longest.
sound waves are created by things that make sounds like sombody speaking or instruments. water waves are created by wind.
Well, we use electromagnetic waves to see - that's called "light". We use vibration waves in the air to hear - that's "sound". We use water surface waves to surf.
ultrasound
sound waves
People use sound waves in ultrasound scans when women are pregnant. You can hear the noises the baby is making and the sound is through sound waves
You use sound waves to communicate.
Sound waves are used as ultra sound for medical investigations, Sonar waves for underwater investigations and depths..
coz they can.
If you are talking about electromagnetic waves then an easy example would be light travelling through glass. If you are talking about sound waves than you could use the example of sound travelling along a wooden floor.
Because transverse waves like electromagnetic waves (light) move side to side when the travel, and we can limit the side-to-side motion of a wave, and still allow the wave to pass. In longitudinal waves, we cannot limit longitudinal motion without actually "blocking" the wave. Picture two transverse waves that are moving in the same direction. One is moving up and down as it travels and the other is moving side to side. We can install a barrier of vertical slits in the path of the waves. The vertical slits will accommodate the wave that moves up and down. The other wave will be trying to move from side to side when it impinges on the barrier, and it will be "blocked" there. The vertical slits polarize the wave. With longitudinal waves, there is no equivalent "filter" or barrier we can use to polarize the wave.
they use sound waves
electromagnetic waves
Whales use sound waves to talk to other whales in their own language