Question

Where would sound travel faster-in wood or in water?

Answer 1

Medium Speed of soundWaves.

Dry Air 343

Water 1437

Wood 3850

Glass 4540

Sound travels about four times faster and farther in water than it does in air. ... Sound waves travel about thirteen times faster in wood than air. They also travel faster on hotter days as the molecules bump into each other more often than when it is cold.

answer is wood..

Answer 2

Sound travels faster in wood

Explanation:

Sound travels about 5 times faster in water than in air. Sound can be heard very fast inside water is used by creatures like dolphins and whales living in the sea water to communicate with one another. Sound travels at a speed of 5000 meters per second through iron or steel.

Sound travels faster through a solid compared to a liquid. So sound travels faster in wood than water.  

Speed of sound:

1. Water - 1500 m/s
2. Air - 240 m/s
3. Iron - 5000 m/s
4. In regular wood, the speed of sound is 3300-5000 m/s.
5. In hardwood, the Speed of sound is 3960 m/s.