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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.

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What do Sound wave not travel?

Sound wave do not travel through vaccum as it need medium to travel.


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.


Sound waves do not travel through what?

Sound waves do not travel through a vacuum. They require a medium, such as air, water, or solids, to propagate. In a vacuum, there are no particles for the sound waves to interact with and thus cannot travel.


Why does the sound not travel through vacuum?

Sound waves require a medium, such as air, water, or a solid material, to travel because they propagate through the vibration of molecules in that medium. In a vacuum, there are no molecules for the sound waves to interact with, so they cannot travel through it.


Can sound travel through a room with no air?

No, sound cannot travel through a room with no air because sound waves need a medium, such as air, water, or a solid, to propagate. Without a medium, there is nothing for the sound waves to travel through.


Does sound energy need particles to travel through?

No, sound energy can travel through mediums like air, water, or solids, where it causes particles in the medium to vibrate and carry the sound wave. However, sound cannot propagate through a vacuum as it requires a medium to transmit its energy.


Sound waves cannot travel in a vacuum because?

They need some medium to propagate, as they travel through the agitations in medium


Do sound waves need a material to travel in?

sound wave need material becuse sound wave formed by compresion and rarefaction


What do sound waves require to travel in?

Particles. They can't travel through a vacumm


Where does sound not travel?

outer space because you need some kind of physical material for sound to travel through and there's none of that in space


Does sound need particles to travel?

No, sound does not need particles to travel. Sound is a mechanical wave that can propagate through different mediums, including solids, liquids, and gases. The particles in the medium vibrate and transfer the sound energy from one particle to the next, allowing the sound wave to travel.


Does molecules need to be present for sound to travel?

Sound is a wave and it needs a medium to travel through. Waves in the ocean use water as a medium. Without water, you can't have a wave. In the case of sound you need a medium, whether its solid, liquid or gas, for the sound to travel through. Hence the line, "in space, no one can year you scream." Space is a vacuum (i.e. no "molecules") so sound cannot travel.