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They do not need a medium.

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Why do electromagnetic waves do not require medium for travel?

because electromagnetic waves transmit energy without compressing the particles of the medium


Are waves made by vibrating charges that can travel without a medium?

Electromagnetic waves.


What can travel through space without a(n) medium?

Electromagnetic waves can travel through space without a medium.


What waves can transfer energy with out a medium?

electromagnetic radiation, for example light


Waves made by vibrating charges that can travEl without a medium are called?

Electromagnetic waves.


Where can electromagntic waves travel through?

Electromagnetic Waves can travel through space without any material medium.


How mechanical and electromagnetic wave are different?

The biggest difference is that mechanical waves require a medium to travel through and electromagnetic waves do not.


What can electromagnetic waves do that mechanical waves ca not?

Travel through empty space without a physical medium.


What type of wave requires no medium to travel through?

Waves need not require medium to travel through. Only Mechanical waves like sound waves require medium to travel through. Electromagnetic waves travel in vaccum like light waves. Some waves transmitted in a medium due to disturbances in the medium .


Name one kind of wave that does not require a medium?

An electromagnetic wave (this includes light) does not require a physical medium - it can travel through empty space.An electromagnetic wave (this includes light) does not require a physical medium - it can travel through empty space.An electromagnetic wave (this includes light) does not require a physical medium - it can travel through empty space.An electromagnetic wave (this includes light) does not require a physical medium - it can travel through empty space.


How does energy transfer without a medium in a wave?

The only way energy can travel without a medium is by electromagnetic waves, or in other words, photons.


What do electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves have in common?

They can both travel through a medium.