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Sound is a pressure wave. It is produced by vibrations which travel through the air (or other subtance) by molecules vibrating and pushing against each other.
Imagine taking a slinky and stretching it out with both your hands. If you suddenly push one side of the slinky towards your other hand, you can see the wave of energy move from one hand to the other. Sound travels by the same principle!
Through Particles in the air.
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Has man ever traveled faster than sound underwater?
A few men have traveled through space faster than sound travels through water but no manned vehicle has traveled through a liquid faster than sound through that liquid.
What would happen if air traveled with sound waves?
It wont
Does sound only traveled through gases?
No. Sound will travel through any sort of matter, gas, solid, or liquid.
Can sound travel through air and evidence?
Sound travels through air. Experiment: Listen. Result: Do you hear anything? That sound has traveled through air.
Light is faster than sound Why you see a ball hit before you hear it?
Because the light traveled faster then the sound of it hitting the ground.
What is the difference between the frequency and the speed of a sound?
Frequency is the number of cycles per second. Sound has frequency. The speed of sound is the distance traveled during a unit of time. 768 mph.
How far does sound travel through air if unimpeded by objects in the environment?
The sound of a volcano that exploded in Indonesia in the 19th century traveled around the world. How far sound will travel depends on how loud it is.
Why is sound traveled slowest through a solid?
It doesnt. Sound actually travels faster the denser the medium is because the molecules are packed closer together. So sound travels fastest in solids.
If concord traveled at twice the speed of sound and could fly to New York in half the time it took a 747 does that mean that a 747 travels at the speed of sound?
No
What is the longest recorded distance traveled by any audible sound?
I believe it is 219 miles, 352 km by a tornado.
Is speed of sound proportional to distanced traveled?
No. The amplitude of the sound (and therefore its loudness) will decrease at greater distances; the speed will remain constant (assuming other factors, such as the density of air and the temperature, are constant).
How many times faster than the speed of sound can you travel?
No real limit, up to the speed of light. The Apollo astronauts traveled at ABOUT 32 times the speed of sound on their trip to the moon. That is the fastest yet.
