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How is energy transferred through sound waves?

Energy is transferred through sound waves by vibrating particles in a medium, such as air or water. When a sound is produced, it creates a disturbance that causes the particles to vibrate, passing the energy along in the form of a wave. This wave travels through the medium until it reaches our ears, where it is detected as sound.


Sound travels as a what?

Sound travels as a wave through a medium, such as air, water, or solids. The vibrations of particles in the medium create pressure changes that propagate as sound waves.


What is sound wave format?

The sound wave only travels in a medium, where the wave is in Longitudinal format.


Sound travels in what kind of wave?

Sound travels in longitudinal waves, which means that the particles of the medium move in the same direction as the wave is propagating. This is in contrast to transverse waves where the particles move perpendicular to the wave's direction.


Is there sound that travels in currents?

No, sound is a wave not a current.


Sound travels in a wave?

Yup.


In what type of wave is sound traveling in water?

Sound travels in water as a longitudinal wave.


What happens to the air particles as the sound wave travels through them?

As the sound wave travels through the air, the air particles vibrate back and forth in the direction of the wave, transferring the sound energy.


What is a wave whose energy travels in the same direction as the energy is transferred called?

That is called a longitudinal wave. In a longitudinal wave, the particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave's energy transfer. Sound waves in air are examples of longitudinal waves.


What sound wave travels fastest?

solids


What will happen when a wave travels through a medium?

When a wave travels through a medium, the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth in the direction of the wave. Energy is transferred from one particle to the next, propagating the wave through the medium. The wave may change direction, speed, or amplitude depending on the properties of the medium it is traveling through.


When energy of a sound wave is transferred to a particle of a medium and causes it to vibrate and generate heat the sound wave is?

Reflected