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The nature of sound can be based on three characteristics. First, sound is a form of energy. This is because sound has amplitude and frequency. Sound also has a high velocity both through air and water as its conductors.

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Where do sound waves originate?

Sound waves originate from a vibrating object that creates oscillations in the surrounding air particles. These oscillations cause a disturbance in air pressure, which propagates as a wave through the medium.


How does the sensation of sound originate from the compression and expansion of air molecules?

When a sound is made, it creates vibrations that cause the air molecules to compress and expand. These movements create waves that travel through the air and reach our ears. Our ears then detect these waves and convert them into electrical signals that our brain interprets as sound.


What distance does sound travel through a solid?

There is no limiting distance. But just like in any other medium, the sound generally spreads out and its amplitude decreases as it proceeds farther, so there's some distance past which you can't detect it any more, and to all appearances, you would say that the sound has not traveled any further than that. The distance depends on the substance, and on the amplitude of the sound at its source. (Sound waves that originate in thunder travel many miles through the ground. Sound waves that originate in earthquakes travel many hundreds, or thousands, of miles through rock.)


Where do the properties of matter originate from?

The properties of matter originate from the arrangement and interactions of atoms and molecules within the substance.


Where do forces originate from in the context of physics?

Forces originate from interactions between objects, such as pushing, pulling, or gravitational attraction, in the context of physics.

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Where sound energy originate?

It originate in moon and outer space and planets


Where do sound waves originate?

Sound waves originate from a vibrating object that creates oscillations in the surrounding air particles. These oscillations cause a disturbance in air pressure, which propagates as a wave through the medium.


When one ear is plugged with cotton where did the sound is originate?

Clarify the answer please?


How does sound waves in ocean help dolphins communicate?

When sound originate in the water, the sound waves tend to refract down, toward the cooler water.


Where did the word flip-flop originate?

It is an "onomatopoeic" ("onomatopoeia" = the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named) name. When you walk in them the sound like "flip" "flop".


What country did the last name Hudock originate form?

Could be Ukrainian, by the sound of it. This means "a loud horn".


Where does the word telephone originate?

tele - from the greek means 'at or over a distance' phone - from the greek means 'sound'


Can sound waves originate in a small space and spread out to cover a bigger space?

As of being waves, sound waves does just that. They start from origin and spread out. Sound waves will however quickly fade with distance and time.


Where does the word silence originate from?

The word "silence" originates from the Latin word "silentium," which means the absence of sound or noise.


Where did vine with people making click sound and saying or not originate from?

Sorry, your question, as you have asked it, makes no sense. For this reason we can not answer you.


Where does sound originate from?

Sound originates from vibrations that travel through a medium, such as air, water, or a solid object. When an object vibrates, it causes the molecules in the surrounding medium to also vibrate, which creates sound waves that can be detected by our ears.


Where and how did the word plonk originate?

The word "plonk" is believed to originate from Australian slang in the early 20th century, used to describe cheap or inferior wine. It is thought to mimic the sound a bottle makes when it is placed on a table.