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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..
What happens when waves travel through a medium?
The molecule of the medium vibrates at the dirction in which the wave travels
What kind of waves travel through air and can be demonstrated by a slinky?
You seem to be referring to sound waves. When you see the coils of a slinky become alternately close together and then farther apart you are seeing what happens to the molecules in air when a sound wave passes and compresses them then decompresses them.
Which wave property decreases as you get farther away from the source of a sound?
Intensity
What do you call the occurrence of a sound getting louder as it approaches and quieter as it travels away?
It is called sound spreading. The sound wave is strongest at the source and the wave spreads out as it is farther away
What happens to sound as it gets farther away from the object making the sound?
It popes
What happens to the sound as it gets farther away from the object making the sound?
the sod makes a higher pitch
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..
How can you tell the difference between the sound of thunder or the sound of a jet plane?
The sound of jet planes move farther and farther but thunder sounds is only in one place
Do sound waves move closer or farther away from a vibrating object?
farther away
What do you think think happens to the temperature at the poles?
They are farther from the equater. the sun's rays are farther from them.
What do sound waves travel farther through?
Solids.
What happens when particles of a material move farther?
When particles of a material move farther apart, it explodes.
What happens to the brightness of the star as you observe it from farther away?
The brightness of star will decrease as you observe it from farther away.
What happens to your weight as you get farther from the center of earth?
As you get farther from the center of Earth, your weight willDECREASE
What happens when waves travel through a medium?
The molecule of the medium vibrates at the dirction in which the wave travels
What kind of waves travel through air and can be demonstrated by a slinky?
You seem to be referring to sound waves. When you see the coils of a slinky become alternately close together and then farther apart you are seeing what happens to the molecules in air when a sound wave passes and compresses them then decompresses them.
