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Waves can transfer energy.
I suppose you mean whether mechanical waves carry energy? The answer is yes.
By mechanical waves matter plus energy is traveled.Electro magnetic waves carry only energy.
All waves except electromagnetic waves and gravitational waves (predicted by General Relativity, but not yet detected).Some examples are:sound waveswater wavesearthquake wavesetc.
When a wave propgates it carries energy.......
Radiation, or electromagnetic waves do not require matter to carry energy.
Waves can transfer energy.
Electromagnetic waves carry energy, not matter.
Most waves all require something with mass to be transmitted. However, electromagnetic waves carry energy in the form of photons, which are massless. Since photons are massless, they are not considered matter, but they do indeed carry energy. (This is why something feels warmer when the sun shines on it.) Electromagnetic waves range anywhere from radio waves, microwaves, and the common visible light waves, to x rays, and gamma rays.
I suppose you mean whether mechanical waves carry energy? The answer is yes.
They don't
By mechanical waves matter plus energy is traveled.Electro magnetic waves carry only energy.
All waves except electromagnetic waves and gravitational waves (predicted by General Relativity, but not yet detected).Some examples are:sound waveswater wavesearthquake wavesetc.
Radio waves and light waves.
When a wave propgates it carries energy.......
Sound.
Waves carry energy (frequencies), not matter.