do all sounds travel at the same speed?

Answer 1

Sound travels at different speeds depending on what it's traveling through. Sound travels faster through water than through air. At sea level, at a temperature of 21 °C (70 °F) and under normal atmospheric conditions, the speed of sound is 344 m/s (1238 km/h or 770 mph).

Here's a good article on what the speed of sound really is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound

Hope that helps,
Odd

Answer 2

Sound travels at the same speed through the same medium, that is, that sound travels at the same speed in air. It travels faster though denser materials, such as water or metal. It travels faster at sea level than at high elevations.

Answer 3

a sound is just a vibration of the air, the water, the metal (remember bandits putting their ear to the rail to hear the arriving train?)

all sounds in air will travel at the same speed (at a constant air pressure and temperature)

but sound in water will travel faster

and sound in a metal will travel even faster still, generally (which is why you can hear the arriving train on the rail a good deal before you hear its sound in the air)

Answer 4

My understanding is that, if the temperature and density of the air remain fixed, then sound waves will all travel at the same velocity.

However, it's well known that lower frequency ("bass") sounds will travel farther than high-frequency ("treble") ones.

See the link below for interesting info and animated examples!

Answer 5

The smell from my flatulence travels pretty fast...

Answer 6

yes....:D