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I can provide a partial answer. Sound waves differ from light waves in at least one crucial respect: a sound wave can only propagate through a physical substance - through "stuff". While a light wave can also propagate through a physical substance (e.g. glass), it can also propagate through a vacuum (a sound wave cannot do this). There are other differences as well, but perhaps other posters can provide those.
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What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound waves are an example of Longitudinal waves. They are waves in which the particle is displaced in a parallel direction to the direction of velocity of the wave. They are formed by a compression and expansion of particles.sound is an example for longitudinal wavesound waveLongitudinal waves, also known as "l-waves", are waves in which the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as, or the opposite direction to, the direction of travel of the wave.
What are sound waves like in water?
Sound waves in water are essentially the same as sound waves in air; they consist of a sequence of slight compressions of the water between non-compressed water, much as sound in air consists of denser sections of air in between less dense air. The main difference is that sound travels faster in water. The denser medium conducts sound better.
Why does sound travel through some materials better than others?
Sound travels the same way through different mediums. Sound travels faster in denser mediums.
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.
What would a wave look like if it had the same amplitude but a longer wavelength?
If it's waves in the ocean, they would be farther apart with the same height. If it's sound waves, the sound would be just as loud but with a lower pitch. If it's light waves, the light would be just as bright but its color would be shifted toward the red end of the visible light spectrum.
Are visible light waves the same as sound waves?
No.
How are sound waves and water waves same?
they both are types of waves.
How are sound waves and water the same?
they both are types of waves.
How are water waves and light waves the same?
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How are light waves and water waves the same?
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How are sound and water the same?
they both are types of waves.
Why the diffraction of light is not same as that of sound waves?
Oh but it is. When they encounter sharp edges, light and sound behave exactly the same ... in terms of their wavelengths.
Are ocean waves and sound waves different?
ocean waves have to do with water and sound waves have to do with sound
When is the only time sound waves travel the same speed as light?
They never do.
How are sound waves and water waves?
Two main ways. First water waves are essentially two dimensional, i.e. on the surface of water, and sound waves are three dimensional - they (generally) spread out in all directions from the source of the sound. Second water waves are up and down undulations in the water, and are therefore at right angles to the direction of motion (transverse waves). Sound waves are compressions and rarefactions in the same direction as the direction of motion (longitudinal waves).
What waves are in sound waves?
Sound waves in water are essentially the same as sound waves in air; they consist of a sequence of slight compressions of the water between non-compressed water, much as sound in air consists of denser sections of air in between less dense air. The main difference is that sound travels faster in water. The denser medium conducts sound better.
What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound waves are an example of Longitudinal waves. They are waves in which the particle is displaced in a parallel direction to the direction of velocity of the wave. They are formed by a compression and expansion of particles.sound is an example for longitudinal wavesound waveLongitudinal waves, also known as "l-waves", are waves in which the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as, or the opposite direction to, the direction of travel of the wave.
