2006-10-03 10:34:06 · 6 answers · asked by OPALEWSKI D 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
depending on the medium this is true.
If you think a pool table where the balls are teh molecules of a given substance, sound is the force transmitted ball to ball from one side of the table to the other.
if the balls are set up randomly, the force gets deflected and part of the initial force is lost. the other extreme is if you had a hundred balls or so lined up touching each other in a straight line. The force applied to a ball att one side would seem to transfer instantly to the end.
sound works kind of the same way.
But sound does not travel faster through ALL solids compared to air. Think foams versus metals.
2006-10-03 11:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by aka DarthDad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Solids. imagine of it this kind - solids have atoms closer at the same time than beverages or gases. therefore, the sound has a shorter distance to vacation even as it is going through a good.
2016-12-04 04:33:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of sound as of particles bumping into each other... In solids they are closer so it goes faster to "bump" your neighbour.
Not a scientific explanation, but a good illustration :)
2006-10-03 10:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a solid is immensely more dense than a gas therefore much more efficient at transmitting sound waves.
2006-10-03 10:45:25 · answer #4 · answered by inquisitive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the molecules is solid are closer than in a gas...
2006-10-03 10:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by brownhole 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BECAUSE IT BOUNCES AND CAN BE EMITTED AT ALL ANGLES.
2006-10-03 10:36:33 · answer #6 · answered by punkin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋