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Sound is in its simplest terms, is vibrations of the air (or other particles). There is less air at a higher altitude (that is why people need air tanks when climbing Mt Everest) therefore, the slower it takes for it to travel. There is no sound in space, because there is no air. Sound will travels FASTER in water than in air, because once again there are more particles in water. Think of it this way. The more messenger boys (particles) you have, the faster a message (sound) will get across the country, the less messenger boys you have, the slower the message will travel.
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What must be present for sound to travel?
Sound needs a media to propagate. Sound can not propagate in a vacuum. Sound waves, unlike light, are essentially compression waves and the sound in order to move from one place to other needs molecules to compress and decompress against, hence the wave is transmitted. In a vacuum, there are no molecules. Hence no sound.
Sound waves cannot travel on the?
Sound waves cannot travel through vaccum.
Why does sound travel quicker through aluminum than air?
Sound can travel through anything, except vacuum. Sound is the vibration of molecules, passing the vibration on to other molecules. As long as there's molecules, the sound can travel through it. However, the sound will slowly fade because every time a molecule gives the energy to another, a little energy is lost. And therefore, the more molecules you have, the more the energy will fade before passing through, and the weaker the sound will become. Eventually, the sound will be reduced to nothing. That happens in everything, but in some media it happens faster than in others.
Does a sound travel faster at night or during the day?
Sound is not greater during the nighttime. You are just more wary of it as you are tired and don't want to wake anyone up (if you live with someone else.)
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 does sound travel slowly at higher altitude?
Sound is in its simplest terms, is vibrations of the air (or other particles). There is less air at a higher altitude (that is why people need air tanks when climbing Mt Everest) therefore, the slower it takes for it to travel. There is no sound in space, because there is no air. Sound will travels FASTER in water than in air, because once again there are more particles in water. Think of it this way. The more messenger boys (particles) you have, the faster a message (sound) will get across the country, the less messenger boys you have, the slower the message will travel.
What makes sound travel slowly?
Tempurature makes sound travel slowly. If it is cold outside sound travels slowly and if it is hot outside sound travels quickly.
Can sound travel through rocks?
Yes it can cause sound waves can travel through solids,liquids,but slowly in gases and air
Does sound travel slowly and refract inward in the sofar layer?
Yes!
Can sound waves travel through rocks?
Yes it can cause sound waves can travel through solids,liquids,but slowly in gases and air
Why does sound move more rapidly -or slowly- through one medium than another?
Generally, the density of the transfer medium and its temperature determines the rate of transfer of sound energy. The more dense the medium and the higher its temperature, the faster sound will travel through it.
Would you expect sound to travel faster at higher or lower?
faster in higher altitiudes
Could sound travel faster in solids or gasses?
Sound DOES travel faster in solids than in gases. The higher the density of the medium, the faster the sound travels.
Two planes are flying at the speed of sound Plane X is flying at an altitude of 6000 feet and plane Y is flying at an altitude of 15000 feet which is flying faster?
As altitude increases (to about 35,000 ft) air density, pressure and temperature all drop. As density decreases speed of sound increases, but with drop in pressure it drops; these two practically cancel each other out. As temperature drops, speed of sound drops. Thus at 15,000 ft the speed of sound is slower than at 6,000 ft so plane X is flying faster than plane Y.
Would you expect sound to travel faster at higher or lower altitudes?
faster in higher altitiudes
What are some properties of light?
It travel in a higher speed than sound
How are frequency and pitch related?
Well, the higher the frequency is the higher the pitch. They both travel with sound waves and they both have a big role in how sound travels.
