Question

You see lightning before you hear thunder because A) light waves can travel through a vacuum. Reactivate B) sound waves cannot travel through the air. C) light waves travel faster than sound waves. D) sound waves travel faster than light waves.

Answer 1

c) light waves travel faster than sound waves. if it's wrong please tell me...

Answer 2

The answer is C) light waves travel faster than sound waves!
Once the light is gone, the air collapses back in and creates a sound wave that we hear as a thunder. Light travels through air at about 186,000 miles every second.However, sound wave travels through the air at 1,000 feet per second.