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Electromagnetic waves do not require a medium to travel through space, as evidenced by their ability to propogate in a vacuum. They were originally thought to move in ether, but this has since been disproven.
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The matter through which a wave travels is called what?
a medium. but longitudinal waves do not have to travel through a medium. This is why transverse waves cannot vibrate through space.a medium. but longitudinal waves do not have to travel through a medium. This is why transverse waves cannot vibrate through space.
What is a disturbance that moves through some type of matter or space?
a wave. Electromagnetic waves (such as light or radio waves) do not need a medium to travel through. Mechanical waves (such as sound waves) require a medium (matter) to travel through.
The matter through which a wave travels is called?
medium
How are electromagnet waves different from mechanical waves?
Electromagnetic waves can travel through space or a medium while mechanical waves need matter to transfer energy.Apex- They don't require a medium to travel through.
Where waves can travel?
Sound waves can travel through any medium,here medium can be any matter includes solid,liquid,gas,plasma...
Electromagnetic waves are mad by vibrating elecrical charges that travel through space or matter?
electromagnetic waves don't need a medium to travel but they can travel through a medium too so the answer is both.
Where can sound waves travel?
Sound waves can travel through any medium,here medium can be any matter includes solid,liquid,gas,plasma...
What medium sound waves travel through?
Sound waves can travel through any matter- liquid, gas or solids. The denser the matter, the faster the sound travels. It cannot travel through vacuum- a vacuum is an absence of matter.
Why can sound energy not travel travel through a vacuum?
Sound waves are a vibration of molecules in the medium through which it passes. A vacuum has no medium, it is void of matter. Thus, no molecules to vibrate, no sound waves.
A wave that can travel only through matter?
A wave that can travel only through matter is termed mechanical wave.
what do most waves require?
It needs the medium to help it travel. Other examples include water waves, seismic waves, and waves traveling through a spring. Electromagnetic waves are waves that can travel through a vacuum (empty space). They don't need a medium or matter.
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 .
