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The vacuum does not produce sound waves nor, can sound waves travel through them. A sound wave needs something to travel on/through, such as air. A vacuum doesn't contain any particles required for sound waves.
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What kind of wave are sound waves?
Sound waves are longitudinal waves; they travel from side to side, not up and down like transverse waves.
Wave that moves back and forth?
True. The up-down type of wave is called a "transverse wave". Light, for example, is this kind of wave. Sound, however, is a different kind of wave. It is the back-forth type, called "longitudinal", or "compression" waves.
Can sound waves be a different shape than curvy?
Yes, they can. Normal sound waves (the curvy kind) are called sinusoidal, because when graphed, they use equations with the trigonometry function sine. However, sound waves can also be triangular (pointed instead of normal curves), square (flattening at the top or bottom of the curve), or "sawblade" which is shaped like a saw blade. You can listen to examples of each of these on the wikipedia page for "non-sinusoidal sound waves" which I don't have the link for not but its pretty easy to find.
Water travels in what kind of wave?
water travels as a transverse wave (meaning that the water molecules move in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the path of the wave. the molecules move up and down while the wave moves in horizontal direction).
Most waves that travel through a substance are what kind of waves?
Mechanical waves
What kind of waves produce sound energy?
sound waves
What kind of waves does sound travel?
sound waves
What kind of waves does sound have transverse waves or compression waves?
Sound is a compressional wave.
Sound waves are what kind of waves where atoms are squeezed together?
Sound waves are known as longitudinal waves.
What kind of sound is produced by sound waves with peaks that are close together?
which kind of sound is produced by sound waves with peaks that are very close together?
What kind of waves are all sound waves?
transverse
What kind of waves travel through earth?
sound waves?
What kind of waves shows the Doppler effect?
Sound Waves.
What kind of waves make soft sound?
higher waves
Which kind of waves requires a medium?
Sound (compression) waves.
What kind of wave are sound waves?
Sound waves are longitudinal waves; they travel from side to side, not up and down like transverse waves.
Which kind of waves are sound waves?
compressional waves they swerve up and down
