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What happens when an object moves faster than the speed of sound?
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∙ 8y ago
You hear a BIG boom when, it comes into your hearing distance, and yes I am only 13.
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You do indeed: it's called a "sonic boom" or "breaking the sound barrier". It occurs when the object accelerates through a pressure-wave built up in the air ahead of it by its motion
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What happen to the speed of sound as it moves from water to air?
It will slow - sound moves faster in water than in air.
Is there any object that is faster than sound?
Jet planes often fly faster than sound.
Is the speed of sound in cork greater than speed of sound in water?
No. The denser the material, the faster sound moves through it.
What is heard when something moves faster than the speed sound?
You hear a sonic boom
Why does sound move faster through stone than water?
sound moves faster though stone than water because stones particles are closer together and vibrate faster. +++ We can add that in general, the denser the material the higher the speed of sound through it.
What is the strange thing that happens to the Concord in faster-than-sound flight?
A sonic boom occurs by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound.
What is an sound vibration?
Sound is produced when an object moves or vibrates. Without movement there could be no sound. When an object moves or vibrates, the air molecules around the object also vibrate. Vibrating objects (as long as they are not in a vacuum) produce sound.
What happen to the speed of sound as it moves from water to air?
It will slow - sound moves faster in water than in air.
Is there any object that is faster than sound?
Jet planes often fly faster than sound.
Is it true that sound moves faster in air that is 90 degrees Fahrenheit than in air that is 32 degrees Fahrenheit?
No. Sound moves faster in a denser medium and the colder the air is the denser it is.
Is the speed of sound in cork greater than speed of sound in water?
No. The denser the material, the faster sound moves through it.
How to get gass out of supbeans?
well sound moves faster thruogh liquid
What moves faster in solids than in liquid?
Sound will usually move faster in a solid than in a liquid.
Can any object move faster than sound?
yes, bot not faster than light
Why the flash of the gun reaches as before the sound of the gun?
Because light moves substantially faster than sound.
What are sound waves made by an object moving faster than the speed of sound called?
at the speed of sound a shock wave is created; faster than sound the sound is behind you and it is called a sonic boom
What happens to sound as it gets farther away from the object making the sound?
It popes
