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Sound travels by sound waves. Sound waves are vibrations of the gas particles which result in repeated squeezings/pullings away of the gas molecules. We usually say compressions and rarefactions. If you are in the presence of sound waves, they will enter your ears and make your eardrum move in and out very slightly. This movement is carried to the auditory nerve by tiny bones in your inner ear. The auditory nerves carry the tiny electrical impulses that the brain then deciphers as sound.
The most common example of sound traveling through a gas is always around us, and that 'gas' is air. (really a number of gases mixed together.)
This is why you cannot hear sounds in outer space . . . there IS no gas or anything else to carry sound waves.
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What does sound need to travel through?
Sound (and vibration) are a wave system of sequential compressions and rarefactions of a material. These waves are mechanical and do need a substance through which to travel. They cannot travel through a vacuum.
Sound travels through the air or water or solids by?
sound can travel in all three media(solids liquid and gas)and travels fastest through solids.
Is it true that sound waves travel faster through air than through solids?
Through solids because the particles are closer than gas particles.
Explain why cant sound travel through vacuums?
there is no air in a vaccum. and sound needs air for the sound waves to travel through.
Sound waves cannot travel on the?
Sound waves cannot travel through vaccum.
Where do sound waves travel through?
Sound waves travel through matter, whether solid, liquid, or gas. They do not travel through vacuum.
Can Sound waves travel through gas liquid and solids.?
Yes, yes, and yes. Sound can travel through any compressible medium. The denser the medium, the faster sound will travel.
Does sound travel faster through a liquid or gas?
it travels fast in gases
What does sound need to travel through?
Sound (and vibration) are a wave system of sequential compressions and rarefactions of a material. These waves are mechanical and do need a substance through which to travel. They cannot travel through a vacuum.
Why do you think sound cannot travel through vacuum?
Sound travels by vibrating through matter (solid, liquid, gas) A vacuum is the absence of matter and with out matter there is nothing for sound to travel through
What medium sound waves travel through?
Sound waves can travel through any matter- liquid, gas or solids. The denser the matter, the faster the sound travels. It cannot travel through vacuum- a vacuum is an absence of matter.
Does sound travel faster through a solid luquid or gas?
Solid
Will sound travel fastest through a liquid solid or gas?
Solid
Does sound travel faster through a solid than a gas?
yes
Does sound only traveled through gases?
No. Sound will travel through any sort of matter, gas, solid, or liquid.
Is a sound travel ina vacue?
No, sound cannot travel in a vacuum. Sound moves by vibrating particles of a solid, liquid, or a gas. Since there are no particles in a vacuum, sound cannot travel through it.
Why does hard objects reflect sound?
It reflects sound because sound can not travel through rubber as its got air bubbles in, and sound can not travel though gas as easily as it can travel through liquid, so its more easily reflected of rubber.
