sound
"Sound is like light in some ways: it travels out from a definite source (such as an instrument or a noisy machine), just as light travels out from the Sun or a light bulb. But there are some very important differences between light and sound as well. We know light can travel through a vacuum because sunlight has to race through the vacuum of space to reach us on Earth. Sound, however, cannot travel through a vacuum: it always has to have something to travel through (known as a medium), such as air, water, glass, or metal."
"Sound is like the water wave, the disturbance, not the water, the stuff,
the air."
"Noise is like a rotten tomato while sound is like a set of healthy tomatoes. Sound is a result of the vibrating air in the surroundings. Vibration passes through the ..."
"Just as rain has different smells on different terrains, so too with sound – the sound of rain is like snowflake, not one 'settlement of sound' is like the other."
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