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Are sound waves longitudinal in solids?
No Sound waves are longitudinal. Being longitudinal they cannot be POLARISED.
What is the name of sound waves that move through water?
They are called sound waves. Their name does not change just because they travel in water.
What waves causes compressional waves caused by colliding air molecules?
Sound Waves
What are three ways that sound waves interact?
The three ways that sound waves interact are: reflection, diffraction, refraction.
What happens to seismic waves in the air?
In air, the seismic waves(P-wave) are simply sound waves, and travel with the speed of sound (approx. 335 m/s).
How did Leonardo Da Vinci contribute to knowledge of sound?
Leonardo da Vinci is credited with the initial discovery that sound travels in waves. Others expanded on his work, such as Galileo who discovered that the pitch of sound depends on the frequency of those waves.
Who discovered sound waves and when?
Leonardo DaVinci answ2. NO to the above. The question is probably not capable of a real answer. Even the Greeks had a good understanding of sound waves, and harmonics.
Does sound produce waves?
Yes sound does produce waves. These special waves are called sound waves.
What sound waves do?
Sound waves carry sound
Sound waves are examples of what?
sound waves are a example of mechanical waves
Does a soft sound have tall waves?
No, soft sound waves have short waves. Loud sound waves are the ones that have tall waves.
Why are sound waves are described as pressure waves?
Sound waves are described as pressure waves because waves produces pressure by which sound is produces
What does sound travel on?
Waves; sound waves.
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
How do sound waves differ from water waves?
they differ because waves are sound waves and water waves are waves in the water.
Is collecting sound the same as captureing sound waves?
Sound waves are what make up sound (sound waves=sound) so I would suppose so.
How do vibrations produce sound waves?
sound waves dont produce vibrations, vibrations are sound waves.
