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No. If it happens that the disturbance propagates through the medium, i.e. spreads out from the disturbed point, then the phenomenon that travels away from the disturbance and through the medium describes the wave.
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.
a medium as longitude wave
No, waves with a smaller disturbance travel faster. This is because they have less distance to travel.
the disturbance in the medium generates waves
A repeating (periodic) disturbance in a medium is a wave.
No. If it happens that the disturbance propagates through the medium, i.e. spreads out from the disturbed point, then the phenomenon that travels away from the disturbance and through the medium describes the wave.
No. The medium carries the energy. No medium = no sound + no energy + nothing heard.
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.
a medium as longitude wave
No, waves with a smaller disturbance travel faster. This is because they have less distance to travel.
the disturbance in the medium generates waves
The matter making up the medium does not move along with the wave
Sound requires a medium to travel through, such as air, water, or solids. It also requires a source of vibration or disturbance, such as a vibrating object or a sound wave. The vibrations create pressure waves that travel through the medium, and when those waves reach our ears, we perceive them as sound.
produce a disturbance in a medium-- wiggle!
Light does that.
Longitudinal wave