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What characteristic is used to classify a mechanical wave?
Mechanical waves are classified based on their medium of propagation. They can be further categorized into transverse waves and longitudinal waves based on the direction in which the particles of the medium oscillate relative to the direction of wave propagation.
How can you classify energy based on its waves?
Energy waves can be classified based on their frequency or wavelength. Low frequency waves, such as radio waves and microwaves, have less energy, while high frequency waves, such as gamma rays and X-rays, have more energy. In general, the higher the frequency of the wave, the more energy it carries.
Which have scientist learned from studying seismic waves that travel through earths interior?
The speed of the waves that travel through the interior can tell the density of each layer of the Earth. Some waves can make it through certain layers, but not others.
What are the two categories of classification of waves?
The two categories of classification of waves are based on their medium of propagation: mechanical waves, which require a medium to travel through, and electromagnetic waves, which can travel through a vacuum.
Why don't we classify light waves as mechanical?
Because they don't need any material substance to travel through in order to get from place to place.
How have scientists determined that the outer layer is liquid?
Seismic waves can be separated into basically two different types; S-waves and P-waves. P-waves are able to travel through liquid and solid, but S-waves can not travel through a liquid, they can only travel through a solid. When scientist "shoot" P and S-waves at the outer core, they detect the P-waves coming out the other side, but not the S-waves.
Why there is different type of waves?
Different types of waves exist due to the way they propagate energy through a medium or space. These waves can be classified based on their characteristics, such as mechanical or electromagnetic. Mechanical waves, like sound waves, require a medium to travel through, while electromagnetic waves, like light waves, can travel through a vacuum.
How can seismic waves be used to help scientist know what type of materials each layer of the earth is made of?
A+ answer: all waves change directions as they travel through different materials
Group of waves named after this scientist?
louis deBroglie
Why do scientist believe that the earth's crust is metal?
They don't. The Earth's crust is composed mostly of silicate minerals. The core is believed to be metal based on the behavior of seismic waves passing through it. The density of the core is consistent with iron and nickel.
Can you explain how waves are classified?
Waves are classified based on their direction of movement and the medium they travel through. There are two main types of waves: transverse waves, where the particles move perpendicular to the wave's direction, and longitudinal waves, where the particles move parallel to the wave's direction. Waves can also be categorized as mechanical waves, which require a medium to travel through, or electromagnetic waves, which can travel through a vacuum.
How can all waves be classified, including the keyword "either"?
Waves can be classified as either mechanical or electromagnetic based on how they travel through a medium.
