6. A large rock from space hit the surface of the Moon. Why were humans able to see the bright flash that occurred but unable to hear the sound of the impact? A. The sound waves required a medium for travel, but the light waves did not. B. The low-energy sound waves were scattered by dust particles, but the high-energy light waves were not. C. The high-energy sound waves were absorbed by the Moon's surface, and they were converted into visible light waves. D. The sound waves arrived at Earth much later than the light waves, so they were not perceived as coming from the Moon.
Properties of sound
A sound wave is a mechanical wave (or mechanical vibration) that transit through media such as gas (air), liquid (water), and solid (wood).
Quality Of Sound
A sound or a sound wave is defined as the energy produced due to the vibrations of particles in a medium. When any medium produces a disturbance or vibrations, it causes a movement in the air particles which produces sound waves. Molecules in the air vibrate about a certain average position and create compressions and rarefactions. This is called pitch which is defined as the frequency of sound. The frequency is defined as the number of oscillations in pressure per second.
Categories of Sound Wave
People perceive sound in different ways, like a medico student takes sound as vibration produced by objects reaching the human eardrum. A physicist perceives sound as vibration produced by an object, which produces disturbances in nearby air molecules that travel further. Both of them describe it as vibration generated by an object, the difference is one talks about how it is received and other deals with how it travels and propagates across various mediums.
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