Sound waves travel faster through <em>solids</em> than they do through gases or liquids. <em>(C) </em>They don't travel through vacuum at all.
Example:
Speed of sound in normal air . . . around 340 m/s
Speed of sound in water . . . around 1,480 m/s
Speed of sound in iron . . . around 5,120 m/s
<span>A. Pecos Bill
</span>According to “The Cyclone,” who invented the Fourth of July is PECOS BILL
NOT:
B. Alexander Hamilton
<span>C. Sam Houston </span>
<span>D. George Washington</span>
It means that you consider the elements as a list organized by atomic number, the property is seen to repeat over and over as you move through that list.