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Light waves, unlike sound, do not require a medium.
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What type of wave can move through space?
Light waves do, but sound waves cannot, because in space is no medium to carry the vibration. Radio, TV and others can travel in space also.
Does waves move energy through space no matter what?
Because of the force that it has, (kinetic)
Can sound waves move through space?
space is a vacuum, and sound can't move through a vacuum.
Light from the sun travels through space to earth's atmosphere. What will light waves do when they move from an empty space into matter made up of different gases?
slow down and refract
How does light waves compare with sound waves?
Light waves are electromagnetic waves that move at the speed of light. Sound waves are compression waves that move through a medium (air, liquids, solids), with varying speeds according to the medium.
Do light waves need to move through a medium?
No
Which type of waves cannot travel through space?
sound waves can not travel through space since they use the air around us to move.
Do light and sound both move in waves?
Yes, both light and sound can be described as waves. Light waves are electromagnetic waves, while sound waves are mechanical waves. They both propagate through a medium, although light can also travel through a vacuum.
A general term to describe all waves that can travel through empty space?
The only waves that are known and proven to travel through empty space are electromagnetic waves. Theoretical gravitational waves also travel through empty space but have not yet been proven to exist. Both electromagnetic and gravitational waves move at the speed of light, thus it could be argued that a general term to describe all waves that can travel through empty space are waves that move at the speed of light.They say the message is the medium. In this case you could call it the "Ether". Ether is a blanket term describing information that is transmitted by any source through any medium. In this case the emptiness of space.
How do scientist classify waves based on what they move through?
Scientist classify waves by moving through a medium and/or empty space. For example, a wall, air, water, space.
Which type of energy can move through space as a wave?
Energy in the form of electro magnetic waves. Some examples are light,heat,UV etc
What does the word medium refer to in terms of lights and waves?
actually light is nothing but combination of so many Waves. so we can say that light and waves are not different things that means if a light can move through a medium we an say that the waves an also move through that so medium refers the same meaning both in terms of light and waves
