Sound

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What causes sound and how does sound travel?
Sound is caused by mechanical vibrations in a substance, and travels as a wave?
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Where can sound waves travel?
Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids and gases. Generally, they are fastest in solids and slowest in gases. However, they cant travel through a vacuum
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What type of wave is a sound wave and why?
Sound Waves are longitudinal waves. The direction of the vibrations is the same as the direction in which the wave travels
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What is the range of frequency which can be heard by the human ear?
The human ear can hear frequencies between 20Hz and 20,000Hz.
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What are echoes?
Echoes are the production of the reflection of sound waves
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Can sound waves be diffracted and refracted?
Sound waves can be both diffacted and refracted
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Where can sound waves travel?

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Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids and gases. Generally, they are fastest in solids and slowest in gases. However, they cant travel through a vacuum

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What type of wave is a sound wave and why?

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What is the range of frequency which can be heard by the human ear?

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What are echoes?

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