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Well for a start, without sound-waves we'd have no speech and hearing...
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Who discovered sound waves and when?
Leonardo DaVinci answ2. NO to the above. The question is probably not capable of a real answer. Even the Greeks had a good understanding of sound waves, and harmonics.
What kind of waves are not transverse waves?
Waves are often classified as transverse or longitudinal. The sideways vibrations of a string and the surface waves on water are a good examples of transverse waves. Sound waves in fluids (e.g. sound in air, sound traveling under water) are examples of longitudinal waves. In solids, you can have both transverse and longitudinal waves.
What is the difference between light waves and sound waves?
The differences between light and sound are as follows:Light can be considered to be made of waves as well as particles. Sound is only a wave. It does not show particle nature.Light waves are electromagnetic waves while sound waves are mechanical waves.Light waves are transverse while sound waves are longitudinal.Light waves can travel in vacuum. Sound waves require a material medium to travel, and hence, cannot travel in vacuum.The speed of light in a medium is constant. The velocity of sound waves can change.In sound waves, the particles of the medium actually oscillate. In a light wave, the electric and magnetic vectors oscillate.Light waves can be polarized, but sound waves cannot.Light waves travel much faster than sound waves. The speed of light is a physical constant. Its value is exactly 299,792,458 meters per second in vacuum. The speed of sound is 343 meters per second in dry air at 20°C.And finally, a simple one - you can see light while you can hear sound.
What does a sound insulator do?
Sound insulation is a kind of measure to prevent the sound waves from permeating. It is demonstrated by the sound transmission loss which is expressed by the difference of decibels between the incident sound and permeated sound.
Does the same wave travel at different speeds in different mediums?
Short Answer:The speed of a wave depends very much on the type of the wave and the medium though which it moves.More:Sound waves in air, water waves in the ocean and light waves in space are waves different waves in different mediums and with vastly different speeds. Each of these types of waves changes speed dramatically in different media. Ripples move at a different speed than ocean waves. Light in glass travels at about two thirds of the speed of light in a vacuum and sound waves in metal are much faster than sound waves in air. Another good example is waves from an earthquake, which occur in two different forms and which are regularly experienced as separate shocks from an earthquake.
Give an exaple of a longitudinal and transverse wave?
A good example is vibrating guitar strings, as they are transverse, but the waves given off are sound, and sound is longtitude.
An insect that produces waves in the water and in the air what can these air vibrations produce?
These waves in the air are called Sound waves, waves that vibrate in the air and if your hearing is good these vibrations will vibrate our ear drums and cause us to hear them as noise or sound.
Is sunlight and radiowaves a good example of compression waves?
Sunlight and radiowaves are examples of electromagnetic waves, which are transverse mechanical waves. Sound waves are compression waves.
What is good personification for a wave?
The waves whispered the sounds of the night.
Who discovered sound waves and when?
Leonardo DaVinci answ2. NO to the above. The question is probably not capable of a real answer. Even the Greeks had a good understanding of sound waves, and harmonics.
What kind of waves are not transverse waves?
Waves are often classified as transverse or longitudinal. The sideways vibrations of a string and the surface waves on water are a good examples of transverse waves. Sound waves in fluids (e.g. sound in air, sound traveling under water) are examples of longitudinal waves. In solids, you can have both transverse and longitudinal waves.
What is the speed of ultrasonic waves in vacuum is equal to what is the speed of audible sound in air?
No, ultrasonic wave do not travel at all in a vacuum.
Can lions hear using sound waves?
No they don't. They just have very good hearing.
How can you make sound into energy?
Sound waves are energy waves. All you need to do is pass them along or through something that can collect or resonate them. A microphone is a good example of a device that collects sound waves. Any drum will resonate sympathetically with one specific sound frequency passed along it's surface.
Is humankind basically good or bad?
it is good because that's what it is
What is a good sicence fair project dealing with music?
How the music beats effect the sound and sound waves.
Does helium make your voice sound funny because sound waves cause them to vibrate differently than air?
yes, in some ways. Helium is less dense than air (air is mainly nitrogen and oxygen) and because of this helium moves easier when a force is exerted upon it (such as a sound wave). The sound waves simply move faster in helium which causes the sound to appear higher. However, when you breath in helium and speak sound waves must travel from the helium in your breath to the air in the surrounding room. The best example of what basically happens that I have heard is that as the sound waves transfer into the more dense air the sound waves are slowed down, one at a time, like cars arriving at a car wreck (or anything else that causes traffic to reduce its speed by a good amount), the cars (just like the sound waves) become bunched together and the frequency increases.
