Question

Sound travels through substances as energy is transferred from one particle to the next. The diagrams represent the particles of three substances: air (gas), water (liquid), and steel (solid).

a. Predict the speed of sound traveling through each substance in relation to one another. Support your prediction with information provided in the diagrams

Answer 1

Sound requires a material medium to travel , the sound through each medium through its molecules and particles present in it .Sound travels with some speed and it's speed depends upon the nature of the medium through which it travels i.e. upon density and transparently. Speed of increases with the increase in density and decreases with the increases in temperature . Speed if sound us maximum for solid then for liquid and minimum in gases because of it's large intermolecular spaces and low density.