0
A vacuum.
Because sound is a vibration in matter ... of which a vacuum has none.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are the three thing that sound can travel through?
Air,
What one thing can't sound travel through?
A vacuum
What to waves travel through?
Sound waves travel through matter. The only thing it doesn't travel through is vacuums or outer space.
Can sound waves travel through steel?
Yes sound waves are made from vibrating atoms or particles and so any medium which contains particles can allow a sound wave to travel through it. The only thing a sound wave cannot travel through is a vacuum.
Where do the sound wave pass through?
It paseses through this thing called air. Sound wave can only travel in air and in current wires
What is bad about sound energy?
The bad thing about sound energy is that it doesn't travel as well through air as it does through a solid such as wood, or water.
What other substances can sound travel through?
Sound is a mechanical wave, which requires a medium to travel through. That medium can be nearly anything: air, water, steel, etc. The only thing sounds can't travel through is a vacuum, such as outer space.
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.
Why can light travel through space but sound cannot?
sound is produced by vibration, i.e. when any thing start vibration then it produces sound. for example when a tunnig fork is hit on rubber pad its prongs starts vibration with difinit frequency ad hence produce sound. similarly when the strings of a gittar is dirturbed its starts vibration and hence produces sound. sound required a material medium for their journey, sound can not pass through vaccume because sound waves are mechanical waves.
Why do sounds NOT travel through outer space?
Sound is a vibration when something makes a noise every thing around vibrates in order to make the sound for it to travel it needs particles to vibrate there is almost no matter in outer space hence no particles
What is the one thing that cannot travel through a vacuum?
i think voice cannot travel through vacuum.
What travel fastest liquid gas solid?
Light is the fastest thing on earth as we know it. Traveling at a astonishing speed of 186,282 miles in one second!!
