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Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications

4.3.2. The speed of sound 1 of 4

Question 1

Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Light travels much faster than sound. Both are produced at the same moment, but light covers the distance almost at once while sound takes seconds.

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