Question

Science fiction movies sometimes take place in space and contain scenes where things explode very loudly and brightly. Why is this unrealistic?(1 point)

Responses

Light waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space.
Light waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space.

The pressure in space would keep explosions from being very large.
The pressure in space would keep explosions from being very large.

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.

Matter is needed to transmit sound waves.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Matter is needed to transmit sound waves, and in the vacuum of space, there is no medium for sound to travel through. Sound waves cannot propagate in the absence of a medium, so explosions in space would not produce the loud noise typically heard in science fiction movies. Additionally, the lack of atmosphere in space means there would be no medium for light to be scattered or reflected, so explosions would not produce the bright flashes of light often depicted in movies.