{"id":752,"date":"2026-02-19T10:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:50:44","slug":"sound-waves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/index.php\/sound-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Sound Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While waves do travel out in all directions from a source, they inevitably run into something. The material that surface is made of will determine what happens to the wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do sound waves really travel?<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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  • Sound waves don’t really travel up and down, they travel through substances pushing and pulling on particles in more of a forward and backward COMPRESSION WAVE.<\/strong>\n
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    • Sections where particles are close together is the PEAK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sections where particles are spaced apart is the TROUGH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      • Keep your eye on one particle in the gif or video examples. Notice how the particle just “sways” back and forth as the wave moves through the entire substance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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