2006-06-14 12:20:16 · 24 answers · asked by JOHN B 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
light
2006-06-14 12:22:19 · answer #1 · answered by walwill79 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The speed of light is vastly faster than the speed of light. Sound travels at a velocity of about 1,128 feet per second, in air. (which is 344 metres per second. Sound must have a medium to travel within. Therefor there is no sound in the vacuum of space. Sound travels fastest through a solid and less fast through a liquid, and slower still through a gas like our atmosphere. The speed of light is 299,792 kilometers per second. Note that figure is kilometres not mere metres, like the speed of sound. A kilometre is 1,000 timers as far as a metre.)
One way to notice the difference is to boserve a thunderstorm. A flash of lightning will be noticed and it's accompanying thunder may take seconds or minutes, more, to arrive, and be heard.
2006-06-14 19:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is the fastest thing know so far...
Speed of light is 3x10^8 m/s
And speed of Sound is only 323 m/s
Most fighter planes can go 2-3 times faster than speed of sound. MACH 2, 3, etc.
I hope this gives you an idea...
Also for example, during the thunder storm you see lightning well before you hear the sound...
2006-06-14 19:40:26 · answer #3 · answered by Mintz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed of light is alot faster than sound.
2006-06-14 19:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Min 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles per second, but sound can travel only at 12.5 miles per second. There is a BIG difference. In fact, the speed of light is the fastest that exists-nothing can go faster.
2006-06-14 19:52:18 · answer #5 · answered by Zαrα Mikαzuki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
speed of light travels faster than speed of sound
2006-06-14 21:35:40 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound goes 750 mph (about, I think; ie planes can go faster than it). Light goes 186,000 miles per second. There is no way to compare the two; light is the fastest thing in the universe. This is why you see a lightning bolt before you hear it.
2006-06-14 19:24:43 · answer #7 · answered by chas_see 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second, and the speed of sound through steel is about 5100 meters per second (it travels a slightly different speeds through different media). But light is A LOT faster than sound.
2006-06-14 19:23:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of light by several orders of magnitude!
2006-06-14 19:24:53 · answer #9 · answered by DadClown 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light is MUCH faster. If you've ever seen a plane flying overhead, and noticed that the sound seems to arrive later, you've experienced it. Or lightning being seen before thunder is heard, for example.
2006-06-14 19:24:17 · answer #10 · answered by -j. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed of light. By a lot
You've probably experienced this. You see lightning flashes a few moments before you hear the thunder, right?
2006-06-14 19:23:43 · answer #11 · answered by quietfive 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋