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Because when the event happens, the light from it covers the distance to your eyes

roughly 879 thousand times faster than the sound from it travels to your ears.

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Why do we see distant events before we hear them?

because light waves travel faster than sound waves, you see the light a lot sooner than you hear the sound.


Examples to show that light travels faster than sound?

An example that shows light travels faster than sound are: - You see the lightning before you hear the thunder. - You see the light coming from the lighthouse before you hear the foghorn. Unless the storm is right overhead, you will see the lightning before you hear the thunder. An experiment you can do to prove that light travels faster than sound is you can ask your friend to turn on a torch and make a huge noise at the same time from quite a distance from where you are standing. If you have a large distance between you and your friend, you will probably see the light before you hear the sound.


How can you hear a fire engine coming around the corner before you can see it?

You can hear a fire engine coming around the corner before you can see it because the sound waves can travel faster than the vehicle itself. The siren on a fire engine emits a loud, high-pitched noise that can be heard from a distance, alerting you to its presence before it comes into view.


What can you hear but not touch or see?

Sound.


Why you see the light before you hear the sound during rocket launch?

Light travels faster than sound, so when a rocket launches, the light from the event reaches your eyes before the sound reaches your ears. This is why you see the light before you hear the sound during a rocket launch.

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because lighting is made of plasma- the hottest state of matter. the intense heat makes the air around it pop, and that creates thunder.


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What does a weasel and corn plus a balloon have in common?

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How do starfish know when a predator is coming?

they hear them before they see them.


How come you see lighting and do not hear it and how come you hear thunder and do not see it?

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What is an example of a sensory?

Popcorn: I hear the pop, pop, pop, I smell something sweet, I see something white, I feel something soft, I taste something plain, What could it be? It's Popcorn! I created this for school! This is a sensory poem. Sensory is when you explain what something feels like in a poetry way that involves the senses. Hear, smell, see, feel, and taste.


How do you teach a child air existence?

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What are the verbs in this sentence You can hear the train long before you saw it?

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When turning the steering wheel to right you hear a sound that resembles air escaping from a filled balloon that is let go of?

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