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They can't, as sound is a series of particles that hit each other and cause a vibration. There are no particles in a vacuum to vibrate

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Where do sound waves travel through?

Sound waves travel through a medium, such as air, water, or solids. In air, sound waves create vibrations that travel through molecules in the form of pressure waves. These waves carry the sound energy and allow the sound to be heard by our ears.


Are the sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing transverse or longitudinal?

Sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing are longitudinal waves.


Through what are things can sound waves travel?

Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.


How do sound waves travel what do sound waves need in order to travel?

Sound waves travel by causing particles in a medium (such as air, water, or solids) to vibrate back and forth. They require a medium to travel through, as they cannot travel in a vacuum. When a sound source, such as a speaker or a voice, vibrates, it creates compressions and rarefactions in the medium, which propagate as sound waves.


What are the differences between light waves and sound waves?

Light waves and sound waves are both forms of energy that travel in waves, but they have key differences. Light waves are electromagnetic waves that can travel through a vacuum, while sound waves are mechanical waves that require a medium, such as air or water, to travel through. Light waves travel much faster than sound waves, at a speed of about 186,282 miles per second in a vacuum, while sound waves travel at a speed of about 767 miles per hour in air. Additionally, light waves are transverse waves, meaning they oscillate perpendicular to the direction of travel, while sound waves are longitudinal waves, meaning they oscillate parallel to the direction of travel.

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What does sound travel on?

Waves; sound waves.


What can sound waves not travel in?

sound waves can't travel in a vacuum (space)


How do sound waves travel to a satellite?

Sound waves require a medium to travel through, and, since space is a vacuum, sound waves can't travel in it.


Sound waves cannot travel on the?

Sound waves cannot travel through vaccum.


Where do sound waves travel through?

Sound waves travel through a medium, such as air, water, or solids. In air, sound waves create vibrations that travel through molecules in the form of pressure waves. These waves carry the sound energy and allow the sound to be heard by our ears.


In what waves do sound travel?

Sound travels in longitudinal waves.


What is the objective of travel faster radio waves or sound waves?

sound waves


Are the sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing transverse or longitudinal?

Sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing are longitudinal waves.


What is one place sound waves cannot travel?

Sound waves cannot travel in space. Sound waves some medium in order to propagate.


Why are sound waves not considered a mechanical wave?

Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium in which to travel, i.e., a solid or fluid. As sound needs a medium to travel, sound is a mechanical wave.


What can electromagnetic waves do that other forms of waves can not do?

The main thing is they can travel thru empty space or a vacumn. No other wave can do that, except gravitational waves which no one knows a whole lot about.


Through what are things can sound waves travel?

Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.