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Sound waves require a medium to travel through, and, since space is a vacuum, sound waves can't travel in it.

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Explain why a sound wave can't travel from a satellite to earth?

In space there is no air. Sound waves need a medium for transportation. Therefore we cannot hear any sound in a vacuum. In films they play us music from the outer space. But that is not possible in reality.


What does sound travel on?

Waves; sound waves.


What can sound waves not travel in?

sound waves can't travel in a vacuum (space)


Sound waves cannot travel on the?

Sound waves cannot travel through vaccum.


Where do sound waves travel through?

Sound waves travel through a medium, such as air, water, or solids. In air, sound waves create vibrations that travel through molecules in the form of pressure waves. These waves carry the sound energy and allow the sound to be heard by our ears.


In what waves do sound travel?

Sound travels in longitudinal waves.


What is the objective of travel faster radio waves or sound waves?

sound waves


Are the sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing transverse or longitudinal?

Sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing are longitudinal waves.


What is one place sound waves cannot travel?

Sound waves cannot travel in space. Sound waves some medium in order to propagate.


Why are sound waves not considered a mechanical wave?

Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium in which to travel, i.e., a solid or fluid. As sound needs a medium to travel, sound is a mechanical wave.


How can the satellite reached sound waves which are produced on the earth?

Sound waves produced on the Earth cannot reach an orbiting satellite. Sound needs a material substance to travel through. But in order to remain in orbit, a satellite must scrupulously avoid passing through any material substance, lest it lose kinetic energy to friction, and plummet to Earth in a fiery display of utter finality.


Through what are things can sound waves travel?

Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.