ASVAB General Science Sound Waves Practice Test 546416

Question 3 of 5
Speed

The speed of a sound wave will vary with the medium. Sound travels fastest through media that has particles that are very close together, like metal. Thus, it travels faster through water than through air and doesn't travel at all through a vacuum (there are no particles in empty space to vibrate).

Sound travels fastest through which of the following media?

metal

vacuum

water

air