Light waves are electromagnetic transverse waves that can travel through a vacuum, while sound waves are mechanical longitudinal waves that require a medium and travel more slowly. Both light and sound are forms of energy that travel in waves, with properties of wavelength, frequency, and amplitude, and both follow the law of reflection where the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
Light waves are electromagnetic transverse waves that can travel through a vacuum, while sound waves are mechanical longitudinal waves that require a medium and travel more slowly. Both light and sound are forms of energy that travel in waves, with properties of wavelength, frequency, and amplitude, and both follow the law of reflection where the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
Light waves are electromagnetic transverse waves that can travel through a vacuum, while sound waves are mechanical longitudinal waves that require a medium and travel more slowly. Both light and sound are forms of energy that travel in waves, with properties of wavelength, frequency, and amplitude, and both follow the law of reflection where the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
*Light waves are electromagnetic waves while sound waves are mechanical waves.
*Light waves are transverse while sound waves are longitudinal.
*Light waves can travel in vacuum. Sound waves require a material medium to travel, and hence, cannot travel in vacuum. The speed of light in a medium is constant. *Light waves travel much faster than sound waves. Light waves do not need a medium in which to travel but sound waves do. *Sound and light are similar in that both are forms of energy that travel in waves. They both have properties of wavelength, frequency and amplitude. *Both sound and light waves follow the law of reflection i.e. the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.