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What way dose sound travel?
Through invisible waves, which travel slightly slower than light waves. :3
What are 3 ways that sound and light are alike?
they travel in waves, they are discernable to a wide range of species and ....
Compare and contrast light and sound waves?
Comparison:Both light waves and sound waves are a method of energy transfer.Both types of waves change their speed when traveling through various media.Contrast:Light waves are electromagnetic waves, and do not require a medium (matter) in order to travel. Sound waves MUST have a medium in order to travelThe speed of a light wave is faster than the speed of a sound wave.Light waves are transverse waves. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
Sounds need these in order to travel?
Sound waves need a medium in order to propogate. Light waves can travel without a medium. The speed of light is 3*108m/s.
Bats can sense obstacles because they produce 1. supersonic sound waves 2. ultrasonic sound waves 3.infrasonic sound waves 4. micro Sound waves?
ultrasonic sound waves
What are 3 catigories of waves?
water waves, light waves, and sound waves
How does light travel through AVACUUM?
Light waves do not need a medium to propagate. Sound waves cannot travel without a medium. Light waves always travel at the speed of light that is 3*108m/s.
What way dose sound travel?
Through invisible waves, which travel slightly slower than light waves. :3
What are 3 things that travel in waves even through space?
Radio, light, and sound.
What are 3 ways that sound and light are alike?
they travel in waves, they are discernable to a wide range of species and ....
Compare and contrast light and sound waves?
Comparison:Both light waves and sound waves are a method of energy transfer.Both types of waves change their speed when traveling through various media.Contrast:Light waves are electromagnetic waves, and do not require a medium (matter) in order to travel. Sound waves MUST have a medium in order to travelThe speed of a light wave is faster than the speed of a sound wave.Light waves are transverse waves. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
Sounds need these in order to travel?
Sound waves need a medium in order to propogate. Light waves can travel without a medium. The speed of light is 3*108m/s.
Bats can sense obstacles because they produce 1. supersonic sound waves 2. ultrasonic sound waves 3.infrasonic sound waves 4. micro Sound waves?
ultrasonic sound waves
Which travel faster than light or sound waves?
Which of them travel faster - light or sound waves? Light waves travel in vacuum with the speed of light c = 299792458 m/s or 983571056 ft/s. Sound waves travel at 20°C (68°F) with the speed of sound c = 343 m/s or 1125.33 ft/s. So light travels 874,030 times faster than sound. Don't forget that sound needs necessarily air as a medium. Light does not need a medium; vacuum is O
What are 3 mediums that can carry sound waves?
Earth, air, and water can carry sound waves.
Similarities of sound and light waves?
Similarities 1. They are the basis of the two most important human senses 2. Each frequency is associated with a unique sensation (red or green, C or E) 3. There is a range outside which humans are not able to detect them (infrared and ultraviolet, infrasound and ultrasound) Differences 1.-Sound is a longitudinal wave, light is a transversal wave (sound has no polarization, light do have it) 2.-Sound is a pressure wave, sound is a electromagnetic wave (sound needs matter to propagate, light can propagate in a vacuum) 3. From the human point of view, wavelength of sound is relatively large while wavelength of light is relatively small (diffraction of sound is stronger than diffraction of light, so sound can get around obstacles while light seems to travel in a straight line). 4. Two frequencies of sound are heard as separate components of a chord. Two frequencies of light are confused in a sensation similar to a third non-existent frequency (C,E and G are heard as the C major chord, red and green are seen as yellow) 5.-We are able to perceive the direction from which a sound come only in an unidimensional (horizontal) dimension. We are able to perceive the direction from which a light come in a bidimensional map (an image). It is seems to me that differences are more interesting than similarities. LydiaAC Mexicali B.C. Mexico
How dowe now light is fster than sound?
The speed of light is 3*108 meters per second. The speed of sound I believe is 330 m/s. Light is actually electromagnetic radiation whereas sound waves are actually pressure disturbances in the air.
