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sound waves
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Expansion and contraction of the rock material through which a wave passes is a characteristic of?
Expansion and contraction of rock material through which a wave passes is a characteristic of seismic waves generated during an earthquake. These waves cause the ground to shake as they travel through the Earth, creating various types of seismic effects.
What is the material that travels through mechanical waves?
The material that travels through mechanical waves is known as a medium. Examples of mediums include air for sound waves, water for ocean waves, and solids for seismic waves. The medium carries the energy of the wave from one place to another by vibrating as the wave passes through it.
How sound waves travel through a material?
Sound waves travel through a material by causing particles in the material to vibrate back and forth in the direction of the wave. The disturbance created by these vibrations passes from one particle to the next, transmitting the sound energy through the material. The speed of sound in a material depends on the density and elasticity of the material.
Does a translucent material scatter light waves as the pass through it?
Translucent (sort of milky) materials scatter light in a random fashion as the light passes through them. There can be some scattering even in transparent materials (few materials are totally transparent!)
Material through which a wave transfers energy?
The material through which a wave transfers energy is called a medium. In a medium, such as air, water, or solids, particles vibrate or move as the wave passes through, transferring energy from one point to another. Waves can also propagate through vacuum, as seen in the case of electromagnetic waves.
What material do waves travel through?
They travel through a material medium.
This is the increase in density of a medium due to wave travel?
That is the phenomenon of wave compression, where the density of a medium increases as a wave passes through it. This can happen with sound waves, seismic waves, or any other type of wave that propagates through a material.
Waves that are passed through a material are called what?
sound waves
If no light passes through this material it is?
opaque.
What passes through a medium?
Waves, such as sound or light, can pass through a medium. The medium can be solid, liquid, or gas, and the particles in the medium vibrate or oscillate as the wave passes through. Energy and information can also pass through a medium in the form of waves.
When light passes through a material and spread out what is the material?
The material you are referring to is typically called a medium, such as air, water, or glass. As light passes through the medium, it interacts with the atoms or molecules in the material, causing it to scatter or refract, which can lead to the spreading out of light.
What is another name for the material through which waves travel?
The material through which waves travel is called a medium. This could be a solid, liquid, or gas.
