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Sound waves need a medium to propagate.
Light-waves and other electromagnetic wave (radio, xray) do not.
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Which of the following is true of sound waves?
sound waves require a medium to transfer energyFOR A+ USERS THE ANSWER IS Sound waves travel in all directionssound waves require a medium to transfer energy-- They are longitudinal waves and material medium is required for their propagation.
What is the medium of sound?
Sound waves require a medium to propagate, generally its air. Sound waves cannot travel in vacuum. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
Why do sound wave require a medium to travel?
Sound waves are mechanical waves and all mechanical waves require a material medium for its propagation unlike electromagnectic waves
What waves require a medium in order for energy to be transferred-------waves can either travel through a medium or through empty space?
E.M. waves require no medium. Sound waves require a medium.
What waves require a medium and what waves do not?
Mechanical waves require a medium (substance) to travel in, other waves do not. For example, sound is a mechanical wave and require a medium (air, water, etc.), light is not a mechanical wave and does not require a medium
What is true of sound waves?
Sound waves require a medium to transfer energy! :)
What wave does NOT require a medium?
Electromagnetic waves do not require a medium to travel. Mechanical waces like sound or ocean waves require a medium to propogate (travel).
How are sound waves and eletromagnetic waves different?
Sound waves require a medium such as air, solid, or liquid in order to propagate. Electromagnetic waves do not require a medium for propagation and can move through a vacuum.
What is nature of sound waves?
Sound waves are longitudinal in nature, and they require a medium for propagation.
Differences between light and sound waves?
Sound waves must travel through a medium, light does not require a medium. Sound waves are longitudinal waves, light are transverse waves.
Are sound waves mechanical waves?
Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium in which to travel, i.e., a solid or fluid. As sound needs a medium to travel, sound is a mechanical wave.
What types of waves require a medium?
Mechanical waves.For example, sound waves, ocean waves, etc.Many waves need a medium to travel: sound waves, water waves, and seismic waves.Electromagnetic waves do not need a medium.
Why are sound waves not considered a mechanical wave?
Sound waves are mechanical waves. They require a medium through which to travel.
Why light waves doesn't require a medium for its propogation but sound waves require?
sound waves move along with the particles of matter through which it passes
Do sound waves need a medium to travel?
Yes.Yes, sound waves do require a medium to travel through.Yes.They are pressure waves - and they need something (medium) to compress and rarefy.Yes. Sound waves are compression waves. If there's no medium, there's nothing there to compress!
Why does sound require a medium?
Sound travels as a series of waves of pressure. Without a medium there is nothing to store and move the pressure waves along.
WhAT IS A a sound wave that requires a meduim?
Longitudinal waves require a medium to propogate . Example are sound waves
How do mechanical waves transfer energy?
A wave is any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space. Sound is a type of energy that requires waves traveling through matter. The material or substance through which a wave may travel is called the medium. The medium for a wave can be any of the common states of matter: solid, liquid, or gas. Sound waves require a medium. The medium does not move with the energy. Sound waves travel by vibration of particles. If there are no particles, there will be no sound. Waves that require a medium are called mechanical waves. (In addition to sound waves, ocean waves and seismic waves require a medium. Therefore ocean waves and seismic waves are mechanical waves.)
How are water and sound waves alike?
They are both mechanical waves, which require a medium for their transmission.
What happens when you introduce sound waves to light waves?
Nothing. Sound waves are mechanical waves and light waves are electromagnetic waves. The two do not affect each other. Note that electromagnetic waves do not require a medium through which to travel. Sound waves (or any other mechanical waves) require a medium for transmission. And the medium through which a mechanical wave travels will affect an electromagnetic wave.
How do sound waves travel to a satellite?
Sound waves require a medium to travel through, and, since space is a vacuum, sound waves can't travel in it.
What is a wave that doesn't require a medium for propagation?
Electromagnetic waves (like light) don't require a medium for propagation, unlike mechanic waves (like sound).
Why do waves travel through mediums?
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 .
Give two examples of waves that require a medium?
Waves in water must be carried by water--i.e. water is the medium. Sound waves must be carried by a medium--i.e. air or water. This is why in space, without the medium of air, there is no sound. Electromagnetic waves--light waves--need no medium.
How can light waves move through space?
Light waves, unlike sound, do not require a medium.
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