Hey I have a test today on how sound waves can travel and I'm sure I'm gonna fail. Oh come on
Nia the tests will be easy. All you remember remember is sound is a
form an energy, moves back and forth and needs a medium to travel through.
Wait, I thought sound could only travel through air.
Wait you're wrong. Who told you that misconception? Sound can travel through me just fine.
Who said that?
I'm water. Sound can travel through me at a regular rate, faster than air
but slower than solid.
Hey, don't forget about me.
Wait, what was that?
The table, I'm a solid and sound can travel through me just like the others.
Just as well, even better because my particles are so close together.
I don't believe that.
Well, just place your ear against the table and see what happens.
(knocking on the table)
Hey look over here.
Great, now the air is talking to us right now.
All sound needs is a medium to travel. I may be the slowest but sound can still travel through me.
Okay, I understand now. Sound can
travel to matter. Solid is the fastest, liquid is slower, and gas is the slowest.