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Light reaches the observer in 16 millionths of a second
The sound of thunder reaches the observer in about 15 seconds
Every 5 second difference equates to a distance of 1 mile
An observer, 3 miles away, sees a lightning flash about 15 seconds before hearing thunder

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Choose appropriate words to fill in the gaps below:

Sound is a ___________ wave that in air consists of a series of compressions and _____________.
Sound travels fastest through _______ but does not travel at all through a __________.
A ____________ sound wave is called an echo. Sound also undergoes ___________.
On average, humans can hear sound frequencies from __________ to ____________.
rarefactions
refraction
vacuum
20 Hz
solids
longitudinal
reflected
20 000 Hz

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