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No, an electromagnetic wave does not require matter (a medium) to transfer energy. Electromagnetic energy (like light or radio waves) travels perfectly well in the vacuum of space. In contrast, a mechanical wave, of which sound is an example, does require a medium through which to travel.
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What is a disturbance that carries energy through matter and space?
That is basically the description of a WAVE.
The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic wave?
Electric current
What wave can transfer energy by vibrating particles of matter?
transfer energy by vibrating particles of matter
What waves transfer energy through empty space?
Electromagnetic wave
Is a water wave an electromagnetic wave?
No, eletromagnetic waves propagate in two planes (eletro-magnetic) and can propagate in a vacuum. Water waves, on the other hand, are dependant on matter to transfer energy, making it a mechanical wave, not an eletromagnetic one.
A wave that doesn't require matter to transfer energy?
Electromagnetic waves
What is a disturbance that carries energy through matter and space?
That is basically the description of a WAVE.
What electromagnetic wave transmits?
Electromagnetic waves transfer energy.
Is it true that radiation is the transfer of energy by electromsgnetic wave?
Electromagnetic wave, yes.
Is radiation is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic wave?
yes
The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic wave?
Electric current
What wave can transfer energy by vibrating particles of matter?
transfer energy by vibrating particles of matter
Does radiation transfer energy by moving matter?
No. Radiation transfers energy by the propagation of waves within the electromagnetic spectrum and the travel of photons (wave-particle duality). No matter is moved in this process.
Electromagnetic wave can transfer energy without?
a medium
Wave that can transfer energy through the vacuum of space?
electromagnetic waves
What waves transfer energy through empty space?
Electromagnetic wave
Is a water wave an electromagnetic wave?
No, eletromagnetic waves propagate in two planes (eletro-magnetic) and can propagate in a vacuum. Water waves, on the other hand, are dependant on matter to transfer energy, making it a mechanical wave, not an eletromagnetic one.
