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The difference between sound and light They’re both waves, after all
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Speed Sound slow : about 330 m/s in air Light fast : about 300,000,000 m/s in air
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Spectrum You hear most of the vibrations that are out there. You see only a small fraction of the electromagnetic waves present
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Medium Sound waves travel in something Light can travel in a vacuum Different frequencies of light can travel right through dense materials (x-ray through bone)
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Sound waves & Light waves Reflect Refract Diffract Interfere
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Light is tied into the time and space in the Universe in a way that requires Einstein & Relativity to understand Because, no matter what the speed of light is in a vacuum or a material, nothing can go faster. Nothing. NOTHING.
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