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The criteria for sound to travel is presence of particles, sound can't travel in vacuum, it can in air, it can travel even better in water (you can hear roar of whales for huge distances), for example it can travel even better in metal (when you put your ear on a train rail, you can hear train from huge distances.) or just in steam (sound travels better in fog than in clear air, because water in the air is making the air thicker.)
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What is true about sound in a vacuum?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, it needs a medium to travel through as its the vibration of particles that allows its energy to progress
Name 1 thing sound can't travel through and why?
Sound cannot travel through vacuums. It needs a medium for its waves to process, meaning the molecules need to vibrate in order for sound to be heard. Space is a good example of a vacuum that sound cannot travel through. In the movie Alien, they tag line : "In space, no one can hear you scream," and that is true.
Is it true that sound travels more slowly in air than in water?
yes it does because air is easier to travel through
Only sound energy travels in wavesTrue or false?
false because it can also travel out of waves
What type of material does sound travel through fastest?
Sound travels through a solid fastest. This is true because the particles are tightly packed, and sound is transmitted by vibrations. Therefore, the more tightly packed the material is, the faster the vibrations are transmitted.
What is true about sound in a vacuum?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, it needs a medium to travel through as its the vibration of particles that allows its energy to progress
Name 1 thing sound can't travel through and why?
Sound cannot travel through vacuums. It needs a medium for its waves to process, meaning the molecules need to vibrate in order for sound to be heard. Space is a good example of a vacuum that sound cannot travel through. In the movie Alien, they tag line : "In space, no one can hear you scream," and that is true.
Is it true that sound waves travel faster through air than through solids?
Through solids because the particles are closer than gas particles.
Sound energy cannot pass through empty space true or false?
True, sound waves can travel in all three mediums , solids liquids and gases We hear sounds in gas medium. Sonar is an application for sound in liquid. Sound can make solids vibrate upon moving.
Is it true that sound travels more slowly in air than in water?
yes it does because air is easier to travel through
Only sound energy travels in wavesTrue or false?
false because it can also travel out of waves
What type of material does sound travel through fastest?
Sound travels through a solid fastest. This is true because the particles are tightly packed, and sound is transmitted by vibrations. Therefore, the more tightly packed the material is, the faster the vibrations are transmitted.
Why can't sounds travel in a vacuum?
because sound waves are vibrations, and in a vacuum, there is nothing for the sound to go through.
How can you show that sound is a form of mechanical energy?
Sound can only travel through a medium (matter). Different materials allow sound to travel faster or slower. However, as an experiment put an electron bell in a bell jar. You hear it ring. Evacuate the bell jar of as much gas a possible ( a true vacuum is almost impossible to achieve in a Bell Jar), allow the bell to ring again. It will be much quieter, although the bell hammer will be vibrating at the same speed. By extrapolation, when all the gas is evacuated(vacuum) there will be no sound. So sound needs a medium to travel through.
Can sound waves travel through lasers?
Yes. The laser beam is a beam of coherent light. Just photons. Meanwhile the sound wave is travelling through a medium....which isn't really true of the photons, they'll travel whether there's a medium or not. There's essentially no interaction or interference between the two. Saying that I can think of ways you could detect sound waves using lasers...but I wouldn't worry about that - sound will travel just fine through a laser beam providing it still has a medium to travel through. i.e: a laser can be present in a strong vacuum but sound won't pass through a strong vacuum - at least not to any useful degree....but that's not the laser stopping it.
Is it true that sound can travel through walls?
unless its really loud. If its like music then it can otherwise its just a saying your parents use to make you hush up
True or false vibrations can travel through air and water?
Yes. Vibrations can travel through anything except space where there is a vacuum.
