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Yes sound can travel through matter. Sound is just a cyclic change in pressure. You can prove this to yourself by placing your ear on a wall and knocking on the wall. You will notice that the sound is much louder with you ear pressed against the wall as opposed to not pressed against the wall. This pressure wave in matter causes the motion of particles within the matter causing compressions and expansions. This occurs regardless of the phase of matter, be it liquid, gas, or solid. Hope that helps
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∙ 16y agoRobert Boyle (1660) discovered that sound must travel in a medium. http://www.newi.ac.uk/buckleyc/sound.htm
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∙ 13y agoLeonardo da vinci discovered that sound travels in waves in the 1500s, though many other scientists built on this theory.
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∙ 15y agoCan you hear this?
How about this?
Okay, I guess sound doesn't travel then.
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∙ 13y agovibrations
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What can't sound travel through and why?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, such as in outer space. "Sound" refers to waves of compression which travel through matter. When there is no matter, there can be no such waves, and therefore no sound.
Why do you think sound cannot travel through vacuum?
Sound travels by vibrating through matter (solid, liquid, gas) A vacuum is the absence of matter and with out matter there is nothing for sound to travel through
Can sound travel through plasma?
yes., sound can travel through plasma because it is matter.
What medium sound waves travel through?
Sound waves can travel through any matter- liquid, gas or solids. The denser the matter, the faster the sound travels. It cannot travel through vacuum- a vacuum is an absence of matter.
Sound will NOT travel through?
Sound needs a matter based medium, so it will not travel through vacuum.
Explain why cant sound travel through vacuums?
there is no air in a vaccum. and sound needs air for the sound waves to travel through.
What can't sound travel through and why?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, such as in outer space. "Sound" refers to waves of compression which travel through matter. When there is no matter, there can be no such waves, and therefore no sound.
Why do you think sound cannot travel through vacuum?
Sound travels by vibrating through matter (solid, liquid, gas) A vacuum is the absence of matter and with out matter there is nothing for sound to travel through
Can sound travel through plasma?
yes., sound can travel through plasma because it is matter.
What medium sound waves travel through?
Sound waves can travel through any matter- liquid, gas or solids. The denser the matter, the faster the sound travels. It cannot travel through vacuum- a vacuum is an absence of matter.
Sound will NOT travel through?
Sound needs a matter based medium, so it will not travel through vacuum.
Where do sound waves travel through?
Sound waves travel through matter, whether solid, liquid, or gas. They do not travel through vacuum.
In what form does sound travel through matter?
Through waves
When a tree falls can sound waves travel?
Sound waves travel through matter. Our atmosphere is a mixture of gases which is a form of matter. Sound waves will travel through our atmosphere, even if there is no human ear to receive it.
What medium does a sound wave travel through?
matter
Can sound travel through waves?
I'm pretty sure they can travel through matter It depends on the matter, but many materials will transmit sound.
How do sound waves travel trough matter?
Sound waves travel through the three states of matter (gas, liquid and solid) by vibrations.
