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Q: Why can't sound travel through an empty space?
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Which do not travel through empty space?

sound cannot travel through empty space.


Why cant sound trave through empty space?

Why cant sound travel through empty space


Why can sound waves not travel through empty spuce?

Sound waves cannot travel through an empty space because an empty space is usually a vacuum.


Which are not able to travel through empty space?

Sound


Why cannot sound travel through space?

Because there are no enough molecules in empty space for sound to be propagated.


What waves can't travel through empty space?

Sound waves.


How do you hear yourself in space without a space suit?

Sound cannot travel in empty space. But, sound may be able to travel through your body.


Why can radio waves travel through space but sound waves can not?

Radio waves travel through empty space because they are electromagnetic waves, whereas sound is a wave that must travel through air.


What are not able to travel through empty space ultraviolet waves or sound waves?

Sound waves cannot travel through empty space because they require air particles to transfer them. UV is a light wavelength and can travel through space (just like light from the Sun reaches the planets).


Why is visible light considered to be radiant energy and can travel through empty space but sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum?

Well light is an electromagnetic wave and it pushes itself through space ,but sound requires particles to travel through and if there are no particles for it to travel through you have no sound


Why do you hear all the sounds produced in the universe?

You don't. For a start, sound doesn't travel through empty space, so a sound produced on our Sun, for example, can't be heard here on Earth.You don't. For a start, sound doesn't travel through empty space, so a sound produced on our Sun, for example, can't be heard here on Earth.You don't. For a start, sound doesn't travel through empty space, so a sound produced on our Sun, for example, can't be heard here on Earth.You don't. For a start, sound doesn't travel through empty space, so a sound produced on our Sun, for example, can't be heard here on Earth.


Does heat travel through empty space by conduction?

No, there can't be conduction in empty space. Heat may travel through empty space through radiation, though.