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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.
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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.
What is the difference between a compressional wave and a shear wave?
shear waves: move side to side, only move through solids, are also called secondary waves, are slower than compressional waves, travel perpendicular to the medium compressional waves: move straight in one direction, can move through solid, liquid and gas, are also called primary waves, are faster, travel parallel to the medium
When a solid substance is placed in water or another liquid particles of the substance break awayand move into a liquid what is this called?
The process is called 'dissolving', provided the solid substance is soluble in the liquid solvent in which it is present.
Cilia and flagella are used to move cells through watery environments what role do these cell parts play stationary cells?
they move substance along the surface of the cell
Cilia and flagella are used to move cells through watery environments. What role do these cells parts play on stationary cells?
they move substance along the surface of the cell
What is the term for waves that move through a medium instead of along its surface?
they are called body waves.
Do light waves need to move through a medium?
No
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
Electrons do not move easily through?
If an electric current doesn't pass easily through a substance, such a substance is said to be an INSULATOR.
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.
Why did scientists think that outer space was filled with a thin substance called ether?
Prior the Maxwell's explanation of the propagation of electromagnetic waves, those waves that scientists were familiar with required a medium for their propagation. They therefore proposed the existence of ether through which waves such as light could 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.
How do particles within the medium not travel?
waves move through a particle.
Which heat transfer doesnt need a medium to move through?
Convection.
Do waves transfer matter from one point to another as they move through a medium?
No
