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If you yelled in a crowded room would the person you're facing be the only person who hears you?

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Does sound travel in more than one direction?

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Do compressions and rarefactions decompressions in a sound wave travel in the same direction or in opposite directions from one another?

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How can sound refract in different mediums?

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Why are orchestral shells shaped like a dome?

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Do sound sound waves travel up or down and back or forth?

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How are sound waves longitudinal?

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Why can you hear an echo only if you shout in one particular direction?

An echo occurs when sound waves bounce off a surface and return to your ears. You hear an echo when the time delay between the original sound and the reflected sound is long enough for your brain to perceive them separately. If you shout in one particular direction, the sound waves need to travel a sufficient distance before bouncing back to you to create that noticeable delay and produce an echo.


What direction do sound waves travel?

It depends if its transverse or longitudinal.


When knock on one side of a door the sound travels as a what sound waves through the door?

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How does sound travel, and does it travel in a straight line?

Sound travels through a medium, such as air or water, by creating vibrations that move in all directions. These vibrations can bounce off surfaces and change direction, so sound does not always travel in a straight line.


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Sound waves travel through a medium by causing particles in the medium to vibrate back and forth. Transverse sound waves move particles perpendicular to the direction of the wave, while longitudinal sound waves move particles parallel to the direction of the wave.