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Does light wave travel through air at a faster speed than sound?
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∙ 15y ago
Yes! Sound has to have a medium such as air to travel. That's why there is no sound in space. So, if you stood on the surface of the earth and yelled very loudly straight up, the sound would stop after about 300 miles, because our atmosphere is only 300 miles thick. When the air runs out, the sound stops. BUT, if you shine a very bright light straight up, the light could go much, much further, because light CAN travel through the vacuum of space. That's how we can see stars that are trillions of miles away, because of the light they shine in our direction.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoYes, light is much faster. Light travels through the air at about 186,000 miles in 1 second, and sound travels through the air at about 1 mile every 5 seconds.
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∙ 15y agoNo, sound waves (or the spped of sound) is slower than the speed of light. The speed of light is EXACTLY 299 792 458 m/s or meters per second.
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Waves travel faster through liquids and solids?
sound
Is light faster than sound or sound is faster than light?
Light is faster than sound
What travels faster through water light or sound?
Light travels faster through anything than sound does.Light also travels through a few things that sound can't.Light is around 150,000 times as fast.
Can airplanes travel faster than sound?
NO they can not travel faster than sound in thunder and lightning
Why is the speed of sound greater for stone than water or air?
Sound can travel better through denser objects, so since stone is denser than water and air, sound can travel faster through it.
Does sound or light travel faster through water?
Light travels much faster than sound, through wood.
Why does light travel more quickly through solids than through gasses?
Light generally doesn't travel faster through solids than through gases. Sound does, but not light.
What does sound go faster through a vacuum or a solid?
Sound travels faster through a solid than through a vacuum. In a solid, sound waves propagate through the material's molecules, leading to faster transmission. In a vacuum, there are no molecules to transmit sound, so it cannot travel at all.
Does sound travel faster through oxygen light water or metal?
metal since it is solid
Can both light and sound travel through glass?
Both light and sound can indeed travel through glass. These are substances in which light and sound often travel through.
What can light travel through that sound cant travel through?
light can travel through a vacuum whereas sound cant
Can light travel as fast as sound?
no from what i have learned light travels faster then sound
Does sound travel faster through steel or cloth?
sound travels faster through steel
Does waves travel through solids or liquids faster?
Sound waves travel faster through denser media, like solids, because the molecules are closer together, making it easier to pass the sound from molecule to molecule. Light and other electromagnetic waves travel faster through less dense media, and they travel fastest through a vacuum.
Does sound travel faster in the presents of light?
no
Do sound waves or light waves travel faster?
In air, light waves travel about 871 thousand times faster than sound waves.
Does sound and light travel at the same speed?
no, light is faster
