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Sound travels at different speeds through different mediums. It travels fastest through solids, then liquids, and slowest through gases. The speed of sound also varies depending on factors like temperature and pressure.

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Does sound get louder when traveling over water?

Sound can travel faster and further over water compared to air, but it does not necessarily get louder. The sound intensity can remain the same, with the medium affecting how far the sound can travel and how well it can be heard.


How fast are ultrasonic sound waves?

Ultrasonic sound waves travel at the same speed as lower frequency sound waves. The medium determines the speed at which a sound wave, which is mechanical energy, can travel. Sound waves travel faster in liquids than in a gas (like air), and travel faster still in solids. The speed at which a sound wave travels is generally independent of the frequency of that sound. Use the link below for more information.


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

In a sound wave, compressions and rarefactions are regions of high pressure and low pressure respectively. They travel in the same direction as the wave itself. As the wave propagates, compressions and rarefactions move through the medium in the same direction, creating the oscillating pattern of high and low pressure that we perceive as sound.


What types of substances can sound not travel through?

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum because it requires a medium, such as air, water, or a solid material. Sound also does not travel through gases in the same way it does through solids and liquids because gases are less dense. Additionally, sound does not travel through a perfect insulator that completely blocks the transfer of vibrations.


How do sound wave particles travel through a medium to transmit sound?

Sound wave particles travel through a medium by vibrating back and forth in the same direction that the sound wave is traveling. This vibration causes neighboring particles in the medium to also vibrate, passing the sound energy along.

Related Questions

Do sound waves travel the same?

no


How can light and sound travel at a same time in televisions?

They don't really travel at the same speed, but, on television, the distance they travel is so short, that the difference between the speed of sound and the speed of light is almost non-existant.


Does sound get louder when traveling over water?

Sound can travel faster and further over water compared to air, but it does not necessarily get louder. The sound intensity can remain the same, with the medium affecting how far the sound can travel and how well it can be heard.


When is the only time sound waves travel the same speed as light?

They never do.


The same between radient and sound energy?

They both travel off of something


How fast are ultrasonic sound waves?

Ultrasonic sound waves travel at the same speed as lower frequency sound waves. The medium determines the speed at which a sound wave, which is mechanical energy, can travel. Sound waves travel faster in liquids than in a gas (like air), and travel faster still in solids. The speed at which a sound wave travels is generally independent of the frequency of that sound. Use the link below for more information.


Does light travels the same way as sound?

No. Light can't travel through solid brick, steel etc, but sound can.


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

In a sound wave, compressions and rarefactions are regions of high pressure and low pressure respectively. They travel in the same direction as the wave itself. As the wave propagates, compressions and rarefactions move through the medium in the same direction, creating the oscillating pattern of high and low pressure that we perceive as sound.


Does sound travel further upward or downward?

IT travels the same speed as far as i Know


How the sound waves travel through media than air?

In the same longitudinal form


How do sound waves travel through gas?

Compression waves (same as for solids & liquids).


What was the speed of sound in 1947?

It was the same speed. It generally travel with 340ms-1 speed.