Question

hamish is studying what happens when he sends a sound wave through different mediums, and he records his data in a table. which statement could be made about the data collected in hamishs table? wave 1 will move the fastest. wave 2 will move the slowest. wave 3 will move the slowest. wave 4 will move the fastest.

Explanation:

Sound waves travel at different speeds in different mediums. The general rule is that sound travels fastest in solids, slower in liquids, and slowest in gases.

• Wave 1: liquid medium.
• Wave 2: solid medium (should be fastest among these).
• Wave 3: gas medium (should be slowest among these).
• Wave 4: liquid medium (same as Wave 1 in terms of medium speed category).

So the statement "Wave 3 will move the slowest" is correct because gas is the medium where sound travels slowest among solid, liquid, and gas.

Answer:

Wave 3 will move the slowest.