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because light waves travel faster than sound waves, you see the light a lot sooner than you hear the sound.
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∙ 8y agoLight travels much faster than sound.
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What two physics mistakes occur when you see and hear a distant explosion at the same time?
what ends up happening is that u will see the explosive before you can hear it because the speed of light passes through the atmosphere faster than that of sound.
How can you hear a fire engine coming around the corner before you can see it?
Because of Sound Waves
When a Cannon fires at a great distance from you why do you see the flash before you hear the sound?
For the same reason that you see lightening before you hear the thundering sound it makes. Light travels faster than sound through the air.
Examples to show that light travels faster than sound?
An example that shows light travels faster than sound are: - You see the lightning before you hear the thunder. - You see the light coming from the lighthouse before you hear the foghorn. Unless the storm is right overhead, you will see the lightning before you hear the thunder. An experiment you can do to prove that light travels faster than sound is you can ask your friend to turn on a torch and make a huge noise at the same time from quite a distance from where you are standing. If you have a large distance between you and your friend, you will probably see the light before you hear the sound.
What travels the slowest sound or Light?
Sound travels much more slowly than light. This is why we see the flash of lightning before we hear the thunder.
What two physics mistakes occur when you see and hear a distant explosion at the same time?
what ends up happening is that u will see the explosive before you can hear it because the speed of light passes through the atmosphere faster than that of sound.
Would you hear thunder or see lighting first?
Even though the lightning and thunder occur at roughly the same time, you would see a distant strike before you would hear it, because the light travels to you about 882 thousand times as fast as the sound does.
How do you know when your best friend has given up on you?
You know when your best friend has given up on you when you don't see or hear from them as often as you used to. They seem distant and are cooler with you than before.
Would you see lighting first or thunder?
Even though the lightning and thunder occur at roughly the same time, you would see a distant strike before you would hear it, because the light travels to you about 882 thousand times as fast as the sound does.
When a cannon is fired why do you see the light before you hear it?
For the same reason you see lightning before you hear thunder, Light travels faster than sound.
What is heat lightning?
Heat lightning is lightning from a distant thunderstorm. Because of the great distance, you never hear the thunder, and usually do not see the bolt, but rather a flash in distant clouds. It is usually seen at night.
How do starfish know when a predator is coming?
they hear them before they see them.
How come you see lighting and do not hear it and how come you hear thunder and do not see it?
You see lightning before you hear it because light moves faster than sound. Thunder comes from the lightning. You can't hear it until the sound waves reach you.
What are the verbs in this sentence You can hear the train long before you saw it?
Can hear and saw are the verbs, but "saw" should be "see".
To crush your enemies See them driven before you and to hear the lamentation of their women?
Yes
Do you hear jets before you see them?
No, the speed of light ("seeing the jet") is massively faster than the speed of sound.. ("hear the jet")
Can you give a sentence with the word distant look?
i can't see the distant look
