Question

Does the sound of an explosion travel faster than the sound produced by a humming bee?
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: A sound is a form of energy, just like electricity, heat or light. Speed of sound does not depend on the loudness and quality of sound. So, the sound of the explosion and sound produced by humming bees will travel at equal speed but the sound of the explosion can be heard from very far.

Complete answer:
The most important properties of sound are amplitude and frequency because amplitude determines the loudness of the sound, which means how loud the sound is. Frequency determines its pitch. These two qualities- pitch and the loudness affects the quality of sound. Sound can be caused by the mechanical vibrations of elastic bodies.
The speed of sound depends only on the physical conditions of the medium. The speed of sound does not depend on its loudness. As we know, the sound of the explosion is much louder than the sound produced by the humming of a bee, but both sounds will travel at equal speeds.

So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
As we know that sound is a mechanical wave that travels from one medium to another velocity of sound is the square root of the temperature. If the temperature of both the medium is the same then the velocity of both the mediums will be the same. There are so many properties of sound waves like- refraction, reflection and diffraction.
Additionally, Sound waves are longitudinal waves and they travel faster and more efficiently in liquids than in air and they travel even more effectively/fastest in solids as molecules are tightly packed in solids.