We know that sound waves do not travel through a vacuum but they do travel through solids, liquids and gases.

All of the following statements below are true about the relationship between the speed of sound and the medium that the sound waves pass through EXCEPT Which one?

Choose the statement below that is FALSE.

Question 1 options:

The denser the medium the faster the sound wave.


As particles in a medium get farther apart and the temperature of air decreases, the wave speed increases.


The closer the particles within the medium the faster the sound wave will propagate.


Sound waves travel fastest through solids at warm temperatures.