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If it doesn't hit something that absorbs it, or come to the end of the physical medium,
a sound wave never stops. It just keeps going and going. But it spreads out as it goes,
which means that any particular detector with a fixed size, such as an ear, receives less
energy from a sound wave that originates farther away. So the real question is: What's
the smallest intensity that your sound detector can detect ?
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoSound travels at about 760 miles per hour, which works out to about 4.5 seconds per mile.
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∙ 14y agoSounds can be heard a very long way in dense media. I have read that whales can communicate over a thousand miles if they find the right water layers to swim in.
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∙ 12y agoAbout 2.91 seconds.
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Sound can travel through what?
nothingA sound wave is a mechanical wave that can travel through any gasses, liquids, or solids. sound waves can not travel in outer space because there is nothing for the wave to travel through.Sound is vibration. Thus, it travels through anything that has mass. While it can travel through the air, the travel time and the clarity get better and better as the object gets denser and denser. Seeing as space has no mass, sound cannot travel in space.
How far did sound travel to your ear?
As far as the object is that produced thesound!
What is the relation between amplitude and loudness?
Sound is a mechanical wave. This means it needs a material medium to travel through. The loudness ie the intensity of sound is directly proportional to the square of the amplitude. As the sound wave passes through, due to elasticity of the medium the energy will be lost and so the amplitude gets decreased. So at far distance the sound intensity will be very feeble.
What type of a mechanical wave needs energy to produce it?
all wave are produced by a source but mechanical waves requires material medium to propagate it e.g is sound wave which is a mechanical wave needs material medium for it's propagation i.e material medium like air molecule,sound travels by vibration of air molecule that's why sound can't travel in a vacuum.....
How far do oranges travel?
3,000 miles
How far does a secondary wave travel in 10 mins?
200 miles
How far would an S wave travel in 45 seconds?
in about three miles
How far would a sound wave travel in 1 second?
Like...... 0.243748374837832797 Mili Seconds
How far does a high frequency sound wave travel going to the moon?
well, what is the distance in kilometers and wher is it from.
Which travels faster-radio waves or sound waves?
Radio wave travel faster than sound wave. Radio wave is the same as light wave except at different wavelength. It travel at speed of light (3 x 108 m/s). Sound wave travel at only 330 m/s and probably can go up to 3,300 m/s in solid medium which is far slower than the speed of light.
If everyone on earth was to shout how far will the sound travel by distance?
around the world 26,000 miles
Sound can travel through what?
nothingA sound wave is a mechanical wave that can travel through any gasses, liquids, or solids. sound waves can not travel in outer space because there is nothing for the wave to travel through.Sound is vibration. Thus, it travels through anything that has mass. While it can travel through the air, the travel time and the clarity get better and better as the object gets denser and denser. Seeing as space has no mass, sound cannot travel in space.
How far does sound travel in 1 minute?
The speed of sound is relatively 767 miles per hour. In order to find how far does sound travel in a minute you just divide 767 by 60 since there are 60 minutes in an hour. 767/60 = 12.7833333 miles per minute. This answer is correct, but it depends on atmospheric conditions.
If a tidal wave was 2 miles high and hit the south east coast of Australia how far inland would it travel?
Indonesia :)
How far would you travel going 3 miles for 2 seconds?
If you you travel 3 miles, you would get 3 miles far.
How far would a electromagnetic wave travel a day in space?
If there's nothing to stop it, any electromagnetic wave, such as radio or light, covers 25,902,068,370 kilometers (16,094,764,800 miles) in 24 hours.
How far will sound travel in 1 hour in miles per hour at 68 degrees?
"How far" is a distance question. "Miles per hour" is a measure of speed. Distance cannot be measured in units of speed.
