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What do waves transfer?
Waves transfer energy, not matter. This energy can be in the form of sound, light, or motion. Waves help transmit information through space.
What travels through a medium as a disturbence?
A wave travels through a medium as a disturbance. Waves can be mechanical (such as sound waves) or electromagnetic (such as light waves) and they transfer energy without transporting matter.
What is a disturbance that carries energy through matter and space?
A disturbance that carries energy through matter and space is known as a wave. Waves can take different forms, such as sound waves, light waves, or seismic waves, and transfer energy by causing particles to move back and forth.
What is defines as the transfer of engery from a vibrating object in waves that travel through matter?
The transfer of energy from a vibrating object in waves that travel through matter is known as sound. Sound waves are produced by the vibration of particles in a medium (such as air, water, or solids) and are characterized by properties such as frequency, amplitude, and wavelength.
What are waves that disturb matter?
Mechanical waves, such as sound waves and ocean waves, disturb matter by causing particles to vibrate or oscillate as the wave passes through the medium. These waves transfer energy through the movement of particles without physically moving the entire medium.
What are waves that require matter to transfer energy?
Mechanical waves require matter to transfer energy. Examples include sound waves in air, water waves in the ocean, and seismic waves in the Earth's crust. These waves are caused by the vibration of particles in the medium through which they travel.
Can waves carry energy and matter?
Waves can carry energy but not matter. In the case of mechanical waves, such as water waves or sound waves, the energy is transferred through the movement of the medium's particles. In contrast, electromagnetic waves, like light waves, can travel through a vacuum and transfer energy without the need for a medium.
What travels only through matter light waves sound waves or radio waves?
Sound waves can only travel through matter, as they require a medium to propagate. Light waves and radio waves can travel through both matter and empty space.
Explain why cant sound travel through vacuums?
there is no air in a vaccum. and sound needs air for the sound waves to travel through.
What wave can transfer energy by vibrating particles of matter?
A mechanical wave can transfer energy by vibrating particles of matter. Mechanical waves require a medium, such as air or water, to travel through, and they transmit energy through the periodic motion of particles in the medium. Examples include sound waves and seismic waves.
What are the transfers of energy by waves called?
The transfers of energy by waves are called wave propagation. Waves carry energy through the movement of particles or fields without the actual transfer of matter. This energy transfer can occur through mechanical waves (such as sound waves) or electromagnetic waves (such as light waves).
Can waves transfer energy through liquids and solids but not through gases or empty space?
Some waves can transfer energy only through liquids and solids, but not through gases or vacuum. Some waves, like sound waves, can transfer energy through gases, liquids and solids but not through vacuum. And some waves, notably electromagnetic waves, can transfer energy through vacuum as well as matter.
