How do scents work? just curious.

Question

I know about light and sound but how does scent travel? This has never been explained at school and I was just curious.

Answer 1

I assume it travels like a gas filling up a container. It wafts through the air and into your nose. It can also be forced like air or water through a tube. I think.

Answer 2

Absolutely by diffusion...

Particles in the scent travel from one area to other due to change in concentration.

The scent particles are sensed by the respiratory organs(buds) & the feel is produced...

Would have been better if u had this question placed in Bio or Zoology section. :-)

GOOD LUCK friend

Answer 3

molecules like to move from a higher concentration area to a lower concentration area.  I am pretty sure it is called diffusion.  Scent spreads to areas of lower concentration by moving through the air.  

Answer 4

It travels quite fast, I assure you.