between the moon and earth, there is an empty vacuum. which statement describes whether sound and light waves are able to travel from earth to the moon.

Answer 1

In the vacuum between the Earth and the Moon, light waves can travel, while sound waves cannot.

Sound requires a medium (like air, water, or solids) to propagate, and since space is a vacuum, there are no particles to carry sound waves. In contrast, light waves, which are electromagnetic waves, do not require a medium and can travel through the vacuum of space. Therefore, light can travel from the Earth to the Moon, but sound cannot.