What Is Sound?: How Fast Is Sound?

What Is Sound?: How Fast Is Sound?

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Science, Physics

10th - 12th Grade

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The video explains why we see lightning before hearing thunder, despite both occurring simultaneously. This is due to light traveling much faster than sound. It also covers factors affecting the speed of sound, such as temperature and the medium through which it travels, with sound moving fastest through solids, slower through liquids, and slowest through gases.

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OPEN ENDED QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What factors influence the speed of sound?

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3 mins • 1 pt

In what mediums does sound travel fastest, and why?

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