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Mechanical waves require a medium, as opposed to electromagnetic waves which can travel through a vacuum.
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What kind of seismic waves do and do not travel through liquid?
S-waves can not travel through liquids. By Hollie
What kind of waves are mechanical?
Those waves which required medium for propagation are called mechanical waves. e.g sound waves,they need medium i.e solid liquid or gas ,to propagate. They cant travel through vacuum. hope u understand that!!
What is the only kind of wave that does not need a solid liquid or gas medium to pass through?
Shear / transverse waves do not travel through liquids.
What kind of waves need a medium?
Mechanical waves require a medium.
What kind of energy do you need in order to see?
light waves
What kind of energy does not need medium to travel?
electromagnetic waves
What do electromagnetic waves need to travel?
Electromagnetic waves don't need anything to travel. This kind of waves does not need a medium to move through, therefore they can even travel through outer space.
Waves that do require a medium are called?
Sound waves, they need a medium to vibrate.A2. Earthquake waves and other mechanical waves also need a medium for their transmission.Ghv. Tsunamis are a type of mechanical wave, which is the kind of wave you're looking for.
How we can be confident that part of the Earth's core is liquid when we cannot see it or directly sample it?
Some seismic waves (S waves) does not move through liquid, therefore when these waves stop they have reached liquid.
What kind of hair do you need for waves?
You need long straight hair and use Pantene Shampoo and Condshoner
What can waves travel through?
Sound waves need a medium to travel through - the medium may be solid, liquid, or gaseous. Electromagnetic waves (including light) can also travel through empty space.
Why do transverse waves not need a medium?
Wrong.Earthquake S-waves are just one example of transverse waves that do need a medium to travel through. Specifically they need a solid medium and cannot not travel through either liquid or gaseous mediums.Perhaps you are confusing transverse waves in general with electromagnetic waves (which happen to be transverse) but do not need a medium because they are a propagating electric field - magnetic field each creating the other in a cycle.
