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Sound waves travel through a material via VIBRATION. When sound waves hit an object at one end, the object's molecules at that end starts vibrating and during this vibratory motion they transfer their energy to neighboring atoms, hence cause a chain vibration and ultimately the waves reach at the other end.
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How does sound travel from instruments to your ears?
Sound creates waves in a material- compression waves. These waves are transmitted through the atoms/molecules in the material to the receiver. The denser a material is, the more effectively sound may travel; this is because the sound waves are transmitted more easily through the tightly packed molecules.
Sound waves cannot travel on the?
Sound waves cannot travel through vaccum.
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.
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.
Is a sound wave mechanical or electromagnetic?
Seismic waves are mechanical waves.
What is the material which sound waves travel through?
the 'medium'
How sound waves travel through a material?
Vibrations travel through the material, just as they would in air. How well they travel through depends on the material.
Ein which of the follwing can sound waves not travil?
Sound waves can travel through any compressible material (which means any real material), be it solid, liquid, or gas. Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
How does sound travel from instruments to your ears?
Sound creates waves in a material- compression waves. These waves are transmitted through the atoms/molecules in the material to the receiver. The denser a material is, the more effectively sound may travel; this is because the sound waves are transmitted more easily through the tightly packed molecules.
Which type of material does sound waves travel through fastest?
Solids
Why can electromagnetic waves travel through space and not sound waves?
Sound waves need a physical material to carry them, but electromagnetic waves don't.
Does sound need to travel through material?
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.
Can sound waves travel through clouds?
Yes, sound waves can travel through clouds.
What material do waves travel through?
They travel through a material medium.
How do sound waves travel through materials?
The sound is made of vibration so as it moves, it vibrates the material to carry the sound. This also depends on what kind of material.
Do sound waves travel through space?
Not unless there's some material matter in the space.
The matter through which a wave travels is called?
medium
