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How Sound Waves Travel

Explain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and travels as a longitudinal pressure wave through solids, liquids, and gases; describe reflection of sound (echoes) and absorption; explain why sound cannot travel through a vacuum

Typical age: 1112 years

If your child heard an echo in a large empty hall, could they explain what causes the echo, why the same sound in a carpeted living room doesn’t echo, and what would happen to sound in outer space?

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