Light and sound energy travels in the form of what?

Answer 1

Sound is your brain's interpretation of a certain frequency range of waves formed by oscillating media, be it a solid, liquid or gas. The waves propagate longitudinally in all three states of matter, meaning the vibrations of the medium are in the same direction as the wave is traveling, via cyclic changes of lower and higher pressure. These are called compression waves and are the only form of waves that can travel through a liquid or a gas.

As for solids, a transverse wave, meaning the vibrations of the medium are perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling, can also occur. This is effectively done by the solid's base structures, whether they be atoms, molecules, or a crystal lattices, rubbing against each other in parallel to their surfaces. This is known as lateral displacement strain due to shear stress.

It should be said that mechanical waves in general, including those in the frequency range of sound, need a medium to travel through, unlike electromagnetic waves. This is why light can travel through a vacuum but sound can not.

Answer 2

Light travels in the form of packets of energy that Einstein named "Photons." They travel as a propagating wave called Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) which is the result of an oscillating electron causing a perpendicularly equal magnetic wave. EMR does not require a medium to pass through, but when it meets a medium the speed of the EMR changes.

Sound is the result of the linear oscillation of particles in a medium and is defined as anything that can be sensed by the ear. For example, in normal human hearing, sound waves are a result of air particles pushing one another to produce an oscillation of air particles. Your ear perceives a "sound" when particles vibrate at such a frequency and amplitude that the mechanical components of the ear are acted upon and that the sound wave is received by the sensitive hairs inside the cochlea.

Answer 3

Light is a form of radiation. Light waves are a part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and they do not require a medium to travel. You can think of light as both a wave and a particle (photons). Sound waves are compressions of matter. They travel through gas, solids, and liquids, but not through vacuums.

Answer 4

Both light and sound travel in waves, but light also behaves as if it is particles.

The double-slit experiment is a demonstration that matter and energy can display characteristics of both waves and particles.

In the basic version of the experiment, a light source illuminates a thin plate with two vertical slits, and the light passing through the slits is observed on a screen. The wave nature of light causes the light waves passing through the two slits to interfere. However, on the screen, the light is always found to be absorbed - as though it were composed of particles (or photons)

This establishes the principle known as wave-particle duality (where light is both 'wavy' and 'particley'.

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Answer 5

Sound waves can travel through any many different materials. It travels farthest through metal than liquid and finally through air.

Answer 6

Light energy travels in the form of electromagnetic waves, while sound energy travels in the form of mechanical waves.

Answer 7

balls lot of them

Answer 8

waves....