Question

how do sound waves travel through matter?

Answer 1

By getting the moleule to travel through whatever particle it wants to go through..sounds travel better with solids since the molecules are adjusted so tightly

Answer 2

Sounds travel in the form of waves in the matter. The energy causes then to vibrate in a wave like pattern. Sound travels through air and liquids. Sound is harder to hear through liquids and solid objects. The more dense an object is the less sound will make it through.When a physical object moves in air, it causes vibrations which leads to formation of a series of compression waves in the air. These waves travel in the form of sound. For instance, when we strum the strings of a guitar or hit the head of a drum, the to-and-fro motion of the strings or the drum head creates compression waves of sound in the surrounding air. Similarly, when we speak, our vocal cords vibrate and the sound is created. This type of vibration occurs not just in atmospheric air but in other mediums like, solids and liquids as well. For instance, when a train is moving on a railroad made up of steel, the sound waves thus produced travel via these tracks.

At room temperature, sound travels through air with a speed of 343 m/s, through water at 1,482 m/s, and through steel at 5,960 m/s. As you can see, sound waves travel in a gaseous medium at a slow pace because its molecules are loosely bound and have to cover a long distance to collide with another molecule. In solid medium, the atoms are so closely packed that the vibration is readily transmitted to the neighboring atoms, and sound travels quite fast. In liquid medium, the bonding between the component particles are not as strong as in solids. Therefore, the sound waves move through it at a less speed as compared to solid.

Answer 3

By getting the molecules of whatever matter its traveling through to vibrate. So, sound travels fastest through solids, then liquids and least in gas, because of the arrangement of molecules.

Answer 4

Sound travels through solids faster than air for the same reason as why it's easier to poke people with a stick instead of a slinky.

Answer 5

particle to particle...........