Common EntranceBasic ScienceSound

Sound cannot travel through:

Aa vacuumCORRECT

Bsteel

Cair

Dwater

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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.

Sound needs a material such as air, water or solids to travel; a vacuum has none.

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