Light and Sound

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Did you know... (by Kevin)

Light travels 874,030 times faster than sound.
But sound needs air as a medium.
Light does not need a medium; a vacuum is OK.

This means in a vacuum in outer space there can be NO sound, but light travels through space from the sun to the earth.


Posted by bmsgrade4c at 12:24 PM
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