2007-09-18 08:31:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
You're comparing apples and oranges. Light is the propagation of an electromagnetic wave, and sound is the propagation of a compression wave. Smell is a sensory perception. You don't smell a lighted match. The match generates sulfur dioxide, and that diffuses or disperses through the air by Brownian motion and by convection. You can measure the speed of those processes under various conditions.
2007-09-18 18:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
smell does not have speed of its own but as fast diffusion of the smelling particles in the air occurs the fast the smell spreads....
2007-09-18 15:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by ARC--loves science 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Smell travels with the air in which it is in. So, as fast as the air mass is moving is as fast as the smell would move.
2007-09-18 15:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by MTBikerUSA 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋