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Information that an event occurred is often communicated by sound or light waves. A lightning strike is a classic exampl
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2022 8:59 am
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- Information That An Event Occurred Is Often Communicated By Sound Or Light Waves A Lightning Strike Is A Classic Exampl 1 (40.11 KiB) Viewed 29 times
Information that an event occurred is often communicated by sound or light waves. A lightning strike is a classic example, as it is a single event that occurs (sometimes) at a very localized point on the surface of the Earth, and emits both light (flash of lightning) and sound (thunder) at essentially the same time. This information travels away from the point of the event arrives at the observer at a time proportional to the distance from the event divided by the speed of the wave. As such, you can use the kinematics of wave peaks to learn meaningful information about distant events. How long does it take for a sound wave to travel 1 km through the air?