Because they are waves, and waves travel that way.
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.
Sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing are longitudinal waves.
Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
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.
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.
Waves; sound waves.
sound waves can't travel in a vacuum (space)
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 through vaccum.
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.
Sound travels in longitudinal waves.
sound waves
Sound waves that travel to the ear for hearing are longitudinal waves.
Sound waves cannot travel in space. Sound waves some medium in order to propagate.
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.
Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
Sound waves can travel through mediums such as air, water, and solids.