I am created when waves collide, travel through the air, and can be distorted by obstacles. What am I?
Category: Knowledge · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider the phenomenon that requires a medium for travel.
Answer
Noise
Explanation
Sound is a wave that requires a medium (like air) to travel and can be altered by various factors.
This is a expert knowledge riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Noise.
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