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What is an example of a wave that requires a medium to move through?
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∙ 13y ago
Sound wave.
Any mechanical vibration requires a physical medium to travel through. All longitudinal, like earthquakes.
Sound does not travel in space.
A wave that travels through a vacuum is an Electromagnetic waves. ie it is a disturbance that propagates through space and time. EM waves vary in frequency producing light, infra-red, ultraviolet, radio waves etc...
Sound waves are mechanical vibration through a medium, differing frequencies produce different pitches of sound.
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∙ 12y agoOne example would be the transverse waves you can see travelling along a string or rope. Another would be S-waves in seismology.
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Which method of heat transfer use a medium?
Both conduction and convection require an intervening medium, but convection requires the medium to be able to move.
What are similarities and differences between a sound waves and water waves in terms of medium?
Sound waves can move through almost any medium, although it moves more slowly through solid medium than gaseous. Water waves can move only through air or water.
Can a wave move through a substance called a medium?
When a wave passes through a substance, it gets transmitted through it. The speed of the wave changes depending on the nature of the substance.
What distinguishes electromagnetic waves from mechanical waves?
electromagnetic waves are wave that do not require a material medium for their propagation while mechanical wave requires a material medium for example light wave is an electromagnetic wave it does not require any material medium(depends on air or water)for their propagation i.e even in the absence of air light will still travel... sound wave is a mechanical wave because sound do not travel in a vacuum....
Why light waves doesn't require a medium for its propogation but sound waves require?
sound waves move along with the particles of matter through which it passes
Which method of heat transfer use a medium?
Both conduction and convection require an intervening medium, but convection requires the medium to be able to move.
What type of wave requires a material medium through which to travel?
We know that mechanical waves require a medium through which to travel. An example of a mechanical wave is a sound (acoustic) wave. The wave transfers its energy into the medium so that it can propagate through it. In contrast, electromagnetic waves don't require a medium through which to travel. They move perfectly well through the vacuum of space.
How do you know that electomagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic waves travel as streams of particles, thus being able to move through a vacuum. For example, light reaches the earth from the sun and other far away stars. You can compare this with sound waves which requires a medium such as air or water to travel through.
How is air resistance related to running?
Moving through any medium, air is such a medium, requires some effort or work. However the amount of work required by a person to run through air is insignificant to the amount of work needed to move ones body.
How do scientist classify waves based on what they move through?
Scientist classify waves by moving through a medium and/or empty space. For example, a wall, air, water, space.
What are waves that need a media?
Mechanical wavesMechanical waves need a medium to move through. An example is sound moving through the air. Sound is a compressional mechanical wave and the medium is the air. That's why there isn't any sound in space.
Do light waves need to move through a medium?
No
Can electricity travel without a medium?
Normally electricity requires charge carriers that move through a medium. An alternating current can also travel - for short distances - through a vacuum, and WITHOUT charge carriers crossing the vacuum. To get more information, do some reading on capacitance and capacitors.
What is the maximum distance the particles of the medium move away from the rest positions as a wave passes through the medium?
The maximum distance the particles move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through a medium is the amplitude of the wave.
What is required for a mechanical wave to move?
a source of energy for it to originate from, and a medium in which to move through
What is required to create sound?
vibration and a medium for it to move through
Why does sound not travel through space?
Sound does move through space. It doesn't move though empty space, i.e. a vaccuum. In outer space there is a vaccuum (though not necessarily a perfect vaccuum).Sound is caused by vibrations in a medium such as air (or water or wood). These vibrations compress and rarefy the medium. The vibrations move through the medium as waves.In a vaccuum, there is no medium thus there is no sound.
