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Matter is needed to transmit sound waves.
In the vacuum of space, there is no air or matter to carry sound waves, so explosions would not be heard, even if they were visually bright.
Science fiction movies sometimes take place in space and contain scenes where things explode very loudly and brightly. Why is this unrealistic?(1 point)
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Large explosions are more likely to create seismic waves, not sound and light.
Large explosions are more likely to create seismic waves, not sound and light.
Light waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space.
Light waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space.
Matter is needed to transmit sound waves.
Matter is needed to transmit sound waves.
The pressure in space would keep explosions from being very large.
The pressure in space would keep explosions from being very large.
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