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How is the speed of sound affected by medium it travels through?
Sound is affected by the media. It travels high speed in solids generally.
Why Refractive index the medium is always greater than 1?
The refractive index indicates how much light is slowed down as it travels through a medium compared to its speed in a vacuum. Since light travels more slowly in a medium than in a vacuum, the refractive index of the medium is always greater than 1.
The speed of sound varies when?
The speed of sound varies when it travels through different mediums with different densities, temperatures, and pressures. In general, sound travels faster in solids and liquids compared to gases because the particles are closer together, allowing for more efficient propagation of sound waves. Additionally, the speed of sound increases with higher temperatures due to the faster average speed of the particles in the medium.
What is another word for the substance in which a wave travels?
A medium.
What is the disturbance that travels through a medium as a compressional wave called?
The disturbance that travels through a medium as a compressional wave is called a longitudinal wave. In this type of wave, the particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave's energy propagation. Sound waves are a common example of longitudinal waves.
What will happen when a wave travels through a medium?
When a wave travels through a medium, the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth in the direction of the wave. Energy is transferred from one particle to the next, propagating the wave through the medium. The wave may change direction, speed, or amplitude depending on the properties of the medium it is traveling through.
When light is travelling through a medium it travels in a?
When light travels through a medium, it travels in a straight line until it encounters a boundary between two different media, where it may refract, reflect, or scatter. The speed of light may change depending on the medium it is traveling through, which can affect its direction and intensity.
The material through which a wave travels is?
The material through which a wave travels is called the medium.
What is the material through which light travels like air or water?
"air", "water" "glass" - generically a medium.
What is the speed of sound in space and how does it differ from the speed of sound in a medium such as air or water?
In space, sound cannot travel because there is no medium for it to propagate through. In a medium like air or water, the speed of sound varies depending on the density and elasticity of the medium. In general, sound travels faster in solids, slower in liquids, and slowest in gases like air.
Matter through which a waves travels?
"A compressible medium." "A displaceable medium."
Wave that travels through a medium?
Frequecy
How does sound travels as a wave through different mediums?
Sound travels as a wave through different mediums by causing particles in the medium to vibrate. These vibrations create a series of compressions and rarefactions that propagate through the medium, carrying the sound energy from the source to our ears. The speed of sound and the way it behaves can vary depending on the properties of the medium it is traveling through, such as its density and elasticity.
What is material through which a wave travels?
The general term for what a wave travels through is a medium, but in the case of earthquakes the wave travels through the ground.
does sound travels in all mediums, true or false?
True. Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases. The speed and manner in which sound travels may vary depending on the medium through which it is moving.
What does light do when it travels through a medium?
Light slows down when going through a medium. This is not to say that the speed of light, c, slows down. It doesn't - c remains constant - rather the light bounces randomly around the medium on its way to its destination, which increases the time it takes for the light to traverse through the medium.
How would you describe the behavior of light as it travels from the container to the air or as it travels in different media?
Light always takes the shortest path possible through any medium. As such, when it travels through a vacuum, it travels in a straight line (no refraction). When it travels through the air, the molecules in the air scatter it very slightly, causing some diffusion and refraction, depending on the composition of the air through which it passes. When it travels through water, the shortest path through that medium is not a straight, collinear line from the point of incidence...it is actually offset by a small angle (the angle of refraction). The bent path that light takes through water or another substance is actually the shortest path available to it through that medium.
