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In what ways are sound and light waves similar?

Are they both a form of energy?
Do they both behave as both particles and waves?
Can they both experience interfierence
Do they both move in 3-dimensional space?
Are they both transverse and therefore both can be polarized?

2007-08-15 08:23:40 · 2 answers · asked by lala 2 in Science & Mathematics Physics

2 answers

Yes
No; sound does not behave as a particle.
Yes
Yes
No; sound is longitudinal

2007-08-15 08:41:13 · answer #1 · answered by J C 5 · 1 0

Energy - yes. Particles and waves -- under ordinary conditions, no. (Sound energy can be quantized as phonons in special circumstances.) Interference - yes. 3-d space - yes. Transverse and polarizable - only light.

2007-08-15 15:46:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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