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sound needs a material medium to travel. Sound can travel by compression and rarefactions.attma
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What is propagation of sound?
Propagation means "movement through" something in this context. You can study the propagation of sound through air, for example, the most common kind of sound there is for people. Sound propagates through water as well, as you can easily prove by taking a dip in the pool. Does sound propagate through a vacuum? Does it propagate through other materials? These are testable questions.
In what ways are sound waves and electromagnetic waves similar?
they both have wavelenghth and have energy
What would happen if you beat a drum on a planet where there is no air?
There would be no sound. Sound requires a medium, like air, or water or anything with mass to propagate the wave that causes the vibration in the ear that produces the effect of sound in the brain. If you put your ear or more likely, the helmet of your spacesuit against the drum, the physical contact would transfer the vibration to the air in you helmet and then to your ear, enabling you to hear the sound.
What conducts radio waves through space?
Radio waves are not conducted. They propagate. They do not need a medium through which to propagate. They just move.
Why can radio waves travel through space but sound waves cant?
Sound waves are longitudinal waves that need a medium to propagate. This can be air,water or solids. Sound waves work like a truck hitting a line of cars. The wave travels through the line from back to front but would not if there were no cars. Radio waves, like light are electromagnetic waves and don't require a medium to radiate. That is why we see Sunlight but do not hear the constant roar of the Sun's fusion activity.
What wave can not propagate in vacuum?
Sound waves cannot propagate in vacuum. Air is needed for sound waves to travel and there is no air in vacuum.
Does sound exist in space?
No. Sound needs a medium to propagate.
What does sound like?
A medium in which to propagate
Do sound waves propagate in water or not?
Yes, sound waves propagate in water at a speed of 1497 meters per second at 25 degrees C.
Why is sound not able to travel in a vacuum?
Sound being a longitudinal mechanical wave needs a medium to propagate. In a vacuum (like the outer space), there is no matter to act as the medium and thus sound waves can not propagate.
Is Sound is able to travel in a vacuum?
Sound being a longitudinal mechanical wave needs a medium to propagate. In a vacuum (like the outer space), there is no matter to act as the medium and thus sound waves can not propagate.
Can sound be propagated in vacuum give reason?
No. Sound requires a medium to propagate through
What does sound wave move best through?
The denser a material is, the faster sound waves will propagate through it. Sound wave will generally propagate more easily through solids as they are denser than liquids or gases.
What is the difference between sound and visiblle light in transmission?
Sound will propagate through any matter, but not a vacuum, light will propagate through a vacuum, but only through transparent matter.
Can sound travel trough a vacuum?
No, because there is no substance to propagate.
Can you stop sound in mid air?
Sound propagate in the form of waves. Waves have energy so they propagate through the medium. Unless you can reflect it back , or damp the sound wave using some or the other way, it is virtually impossible to "stop" a sound in mid air
Can sound travel through a liquid?
Yes, it can propagate as long as there is a medium.
