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Do sound waves travel better through a solid liquid or a gas?

Sound travels fastest through solids because the molecules are closer together than in liquids or gases. Sound travels fastest through steel.


What Type of seismic wave that travels the fastest through rock material by causing rocks to vibrate in the same directions as the waves?

secondary waves


What is a wave of energy that travels through earth away from an earthquake?

A seismic wave.


What type of earthquake wave travels faster?

P-waves(primary waves) travel faster than S-waves(secondary waves)


How is energy released during earthquakes travels in seismic waves?

Seismic waves are the forms of energy produced by an earthquake.

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Through what do seismic waves travel fastest?

seismic wave travels faster through solid rock and slower through water, but i dont know why!


Do sound waves travel better through a solid liquid or a gas?

Sound travels fastest through solids because the molecules are closer together than in liquids or gases. Sound travels fastest through steel.


How well does sound travel through different materials?

It travels fastest through solids, slowest through gases, and liquids are in the middle.


Through which material does sound travel faster?

Sound travels faster through solid materials. The 2nd fastest is liquids.


Does sound travel the fastest through water?

No. Sound travels fastest through solids because the molecules are closer together than in liquids or airs. Sound travels faster through steel than any other material.


What is a seismic wave that travels through Earth Interior?

A body wave is a seismic wave that travels through Earths interior.


Type of seismic wave that travels the fastest through rock material by causing rocks to vibrate in the same direction as the waves?

Primary waves.


What Type of seismic wave that travels the fastest through rock material by causing rocks to vibrate in the same direction as the waves?

secondary waves


What Type of seismic wave that travels the fastest through rock material by causing rocks to vibrate in the same directions as the waves?

secondary waves


Does sound travel slower through air solids or liquids?

Sounds travels slowest in air and fastest in solids. Generally, sound travels faster through materials of higher densities.


Which type of wave travels the fastest?

Electromagnetic waves travel the fastest, at the speed of light in a vacuum, 3.0 x 108 m/s.


Which medium does sound travel fastest in?

Sound travels faster in solids than it does in liquids. thus, sound travels faster in liquids than it does in solids