Question

Soundwaves:

  1. can travel in vacuum
  2. can travel in solids
  3. can travel only in gases
  4. can travel both in solid and gaseous medium

Answer:

Option D: can travel both in solid and gaseous medium

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “ can travel both in solid and gaseous medium”.

The answer is (4) can travel both in solids and gaseous mediums.

Sound waves are mechanical waves that require a medium to travel through. Sound waves can travel through solids, liquids, and gases, but not through a vacuum or space.