A student performs an experiment by ringing a bell in the air and in a pool and measuring the time it takes for a friend to hear the bell. In one or two sentences, make and justify a hypothesis on which medium the friend would hear the bell the fastest. write in one paragraph

Answer 1

I hypothesize that the friend will hear the bell fastest in the pool (water) rather than in the air. This expectation is based on the fact that sound travels more quickly in denser media, and water is denser than air; the speed of sound in water is approximately 1,480 meters per second, while in air it is about 343 meters per second at room temperature. Thus, the denser molecular structure of water allows sound waves to transmit energy more efficiently and rapidly, leading to a quicker auditory perception for the friend.