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there is no air in a vaccum. and sound needs air for the sound waves to travel through.

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What to waves travel through?

Sound waves travel through matter. The only thing it doesn't travel through is vacuums or outer space.


What waves travel through vacuums?

Electromagnetic waves.


What types of materials can sound not travel through?

Spongy materials are the most difficult for sound to travel through. Vacuum is the best acoustic insulation but it doesn't really count for the purpose of this question, since it is not a material but a lack of material.


What kind of sound waves do vacuums produce?

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What is it that sound cannot travel through?

Sound can travel through any medium. If you remove the medium you would end up with a vacuum. It is in vacuums that sound cannot travel as it needs a medium to travel (it travels as a compression wave or shear wave). Space is almost a perfect vacuum so sound is unable to travel through space.


What does sound not travel through?

Sound can travel through any medium. If you remove the medium you would end up with a vacuum. It is in vacuums that sound cannot travel as it needs a medium to travel (it travels as a compression wave or shear wave).Space is almost a perfect vacuum so sound is unable to travel through space.Source:What_is_it_that_cannot_sound_travel_through


Light can travel through a vacuum as is evidenced when you see the sun or the moon. Can sound travel through a vacuum also?

No, sounds cannot travel through a vacuum. This is because sound requires a medium to travel through because it requires the vibration of particles to travel and there need to be particles to vibrate for it to travel through.


What type of mediums do sound waves travel trough?

Sound waves can travel through mediums such as air, water, and solid materials like metal or wood. The speed and behavior of sound waves can vary depending on the properties of the medium they are traveling through.


Name 1 thing sound can't travel through and why?

Sound cannot travel through vacuums. It needs a medium for its waves to process, meaning the molecules need to vibrate in order for sound to be heard. Space is a good example of a vacuum that sound cannot travel through. In the movie Alien, they tag line : "In space, no one can hear you scream," and that is true.


Do sound waves travel best through solids liquids gases or vacuums?

Sounds can't travel through a vacuum, it requires a medium (something to travel through). It can travel through the rest but the best is gases because the particles are more spaced out, unlike solids and liquids which are more closely packed.


Name one thing that sound can't travel through and explain why not?

A vacuum. Because sound is a vibration in matter ... of which a vacuum has none.


How sound travels through air and objects to the ear?

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