Where Can Sound Travel

Question 1

Can Sound waves travel in
SOLID, LIQUID OR GAS? What can it NOT travel?

Answer 1

Yes
Sound can’t travel through a vacuum.

Question 2

What can sound travel the fastest? SOILD, LIQUID or GAS

Answer 2

Soild

Question 3

Molecules in a ——— medium are much closer together than those in a liquid or gas, allowing sound waves to travel more quickly through it

Answer 3

solid

Question 4

The ——— the density of the medium the ——— sound travels.

Answer 4

greater
Faster

Question 5

In fresh water, sound waves travel ————
That’s over — times faster than air.

Answer 5

1,482 m/s
4

Question 6

Sound travels faster in liquids than in gases because molecules are

Answer 6

more tightly packed

Question 7

The speed of sound depends upon the properties of the medium it is passing through.

Answer 7

Gases

Question 8

When we look at the properties of a gas, we see that only when molecules collide with each other ——— and ——— of sound wave move about.

Answer 8

condensations
rarefactions