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Both sound and light travel in wave but they do not transfer energy in the same way.
Sound travels through a medium but light does not.
Sound energy comes from the vibration of the medium's particles eg when we hear a noise it is the vibration of the air particles that in turn vibrate our ear drum that transfers the information to our brain. Sound can travel through water or steel but not through a vacuum.
Light does not need a medium in which to travel. It is a form of electromagnetic radiation. The energy comes from the frequency of the radiation.
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How are sound energy and light energy similar?
Sound energy and light energy are both forms of energy that travel in waves. They can both be transmitted through a vacuum and can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed by different materials. Additionally, both sound energy and light energy are forms of kinetic energy that can be used to perform work.
In what ways are sound and light alike?
Sound and light are both forms of energy that travel in waves. They can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed by materials. Both sound and light can be used for communication and to provide information about the environment.
How is light and sound alike?
Sound and light are alike when light is considered a wave. Light may also be considered a stream of particles, but in the times that it is considered a wave it obeys the same mathematical laws that sound does.
How are ocean sound and light waves similar?
Carries energy
How is light energy different from both sound and heat energy?
Light energy is a form of electromagnetic radiation that travels in waves at the speed of light, while sound energy is a form of mechanical energy that travels in the vibration of particles through a medium like air or water. Heat energy is the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler one and is related to the motion of particles at the molecular level.
What does light and sound transfer?
They both transfer energy from point A to point B without the movement of any medium between them.
How are sound energy and light energy similar?
Sound energy and light energy are both forms of energy that travel in waves. They can both be transmitted through a vacuum and can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed by different materials. Additionally, both sound energy and light energy are forms of kinetic energy that can be used to perform work.
In what ways are sound and light alike?
Sound and light are both forms of energy that travel in waves. They can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed by materials. Both sound and light can be used for communication and to provide information about the environment.
What do x-ray waves and sound waves have in common?
they both transfer energy
How is light and sound alike?
Sound and light are alike when light is considered a wave. Light may also be considered a stream of particles, but in the times that it is considered a wave it obeys the same mathematical laws that sound does.
How light energy like sound energy?
light energy is like sound energy because they both can locate any item in front of them and they both can reflect or absorbed by certain objects or t can pass through objects.
How are ocean sound and light waves similar?
Carries energy
How do light and sound transfer from one place to another?
Both light and sound inhabit frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum. Additionally, both move as waves (think waves on a beach), and light moves also as a particle. As waves, both transmit radiant energy, that with a sufficient medium (gas or liquid for sound--light only requires clear transmission lines) allow the energy to move from transmission site to reception site. Light, moving as a particle also transfers kinetic energy--a minute amount, but enough to actually move very large objects given lack of resistance (think solar sail). So, let's review: sound and light move as waves. Light moves also as a particle (wavicle). Both transfer radiant energy generally by exciting molecules. Light also transfers kinetic energy via the collision of photons (that particle) with other matter.
How is light energy different from both sound and heat energy?
Light energy is a form of electromagnetic radiation that travels in waves at the speed of light, while sound energy is a form of mechanical energy that travels in the vibration of particles through a medium like air or water. Heat energy is the transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler one and is related to the motion of particles at the molecular level.
How are light energy and sound energy alike and different?
They can both be analyzed as waves, but light is also a particle phenomenon. Sound must have a medium through which to travel; no medium, no sound. Light needs no medium through which to travel. Our experience of both sound and light can change by what is called the Doppler Effect; the frequency of the waves depends on the movement of the source relative to the observer. However, the waves of light themselves are always moving at c (in a vacuum) regardless of the movement of the source relative to the observer. Sound waves, on the other hand, do change speed depending on the relative movements of the source and observer. If the observer is moving through the air at a given velocity, some fraction of that velocity might be added to or subracted from the velocity of the observed sound.
Which is strongest light energy or sound energy?
Both can be made strong, or not so strong.
How. Are sound energy and light energy similar?
they both have a wavelength and frequency *study island*
