This depends on the type of wave. Some examples are.
Electromagnetic wave, Through almost anything.
Sound waves, through matter.
Compression waves through solids, liquids and gases.
Transverse waves through solids only.
Shear waves travel through solids. They cannot travel through liquids and gasses (unlike compressive waves) and they can't travel through a vacuum (unlike electromagnetic waves).
s-waves travel through solids only
body waves
Mechanical waves
Yes, mechanical waves do need a medium in order to travel. Other waves, such as light, do not (thus they can travel through space).
Because they are waves, and waves travel that way.
no p waves travel faster than s waves
sound waves bounce off of walls. they need air to travel.
electromagnetic waves can travel through vacuum while water waves travel in water.
Shear waves travel through solids. They cannot travel through liquids and gasses (unlike compressive waves) and they can't travel through a vacuum (unlike electromagnetic waves).
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 .
Mechanical waves need a medium to travel in
sound waves can't travel in a vacuum (space)
Light waves travel from sun to the earth.
NO some waves like sound require matter to travel whereas light waves can travel in vacuum.
Sound waves require a medium to travel through, and, since space is a vacuum, sound waves can't travel in it.
The type of waves that travel through matter are Electromagnetic waves.