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Describe how sound waves travel through a solid, liquid, and gas. Why does it move differently through these different mediums?

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Sound travels more quickly through solids than through liquids and gases because the molecules of a solid are closer together and, therefore, can transmit the vibrations (energy) faster. Sound travels most slowly through gases because the molecules of a gas are farthest apart.

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