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Waves travel faster in denser mediums. For example, sound travels faster in water than air.
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What happens when waves travel through a medium?
Sound waves travel through any medium with the exception of vacuum. The denser the medium, the faster the sound waves travel, because the waves can be farther apart..
What happens when a sound wave travels through a medium?
Sound waves travel through any medium with the exception of vacuum. The denser the medium, the faster the sound waves travel, because the waves can be farther apart..
Why do sound waves travel faster through iron than air?
Iron is denser than air. Waves travel faster through denser medium.
What medium does sound wave travel faster in?
Sound waves travel the fastest through a solid.
Is it true that sound waves travel faster through air than through solids?
No, generally the denser the medium the faster sound can travel
What waves need a medium to travel in?
Mechanical waves need a medium to travel in
Waves that can travel without a medium?
Waves cannot travel without a medium. These waves must travel though some sort of medium in order to be heard.
In what medium does sound travel fastest - solid -liquid - or gas?
Sound waves travel fastest through solids. *Generally, sound waves travel faster as the density of the transmission medium increases.
What waves that can travel with or without a medium are called?
Electromagnetic waves can travel with or without a medium.
Which waves travel through a medium?
Mechanical waves, such as sound waves travel through a medium. They cannot travel through a vacuum.
Why do waves travel through mediums?
Waves need not require medium to travel through. Only Mechanical waves like sound waves require medium to travel through. Electromagnetic waves travel in vaccum like light waves. Some waves transmitted in a medium due to disturbances in the medium .
Can sound waves travel through gas liquid and solids?
Yes, yes, and yes. Sound can travel through any compressible medium. The denser the medium, the faster sound will travel.
What waves travel faster sound or light?
Light waves travel faster than sound waves.
Do sound waves travel faster through air than through solids?
No. In general, the denser the medium, the faster sound travels.
Are electromagnetic waves medium waves?
No. Waves that require a medium to travel in are called mechanical waves. Electromagnetic waves are not mechanical waves and do not require a medium.
Does sound travel faster in solids or in liquids?
Sound travels faster in a medium that that has no or less interference. In other words we can say that it will travel faster in solid practically thinking that sound is echoced by the solid objects better than the liquid medium and as a result the sound waves travel with faster velocity and travel greater distance.
Do radio waves need a medium to travel through?
radio waves do not need a medium to travel through.
Through which medium will sound travel most quickly?
when solids are packed tightly/closely together sound waves travel faster
Do s-waves travel faster than p-waves?
no p waves travel faster than s waves
Does waves need a medium to travel through?
Some waves called mechanical waves e.g sound need a medium to travel through while electromagnetic waves need no medium to travel through e.g light
Where does sound waves travel?
sound waves can travel in air medium
Why do light waves travel faster then sound waves?
Electromagnetic waves travel independently of the medium through which they travel -- while transparent matter can impede its passage, no transfer of energy from molecule to molecule is required as with sound waves and other vibrations. The speed of sound is limited by the motion of molecules, which is faster in denser materials.
Do sound waves travel faster in air than in any other medium?
The speed of sound depends on the density of the medium the waves are traveling through. The denser the medium the higher the speed. For example, sound travels faster through water than it does through air.
What medium does transverse waves travel?
transverse waves travels dense medium.
Which travel faster light or sound waves?
Light waves travel faster.same he is right
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