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What kinds of energy travel through matter?
Heat and light energy travel through space and matter
What does light travel through best empty space or matter?
Light travels fastest through empty space.
What kind of wave is able to travel through both matter and empty space?
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave. Light travels fastest in empty spaces.
How is light differrent from other kinds of waves?
It doesn't need a medium to travel through.
Can light travel through all states of matter?
Yes, providing the substance is not opaque to the wavelength of the light.
What kinds of energy travel through matter?
Heat and light energy travel through space and matter
How do light waves affect matter?
light waves travel through a matter, such as air water and others
What does light travel through best empty space or matter?
Light travels fastest through empty space.
What is an empty space that contains no matter that light can travel through?
A vacuum.
Do all waves travel through matter?
NO some waves like sound require matter to travel whereas light waves can travel in vacuum.
What kind of wave is able to travel through both matter and empty space?
A type of wave that can travel through empty space as well as through matter is electromagnetic wave. Light travels fastest in empty spaces.
How is light differrent from other kinds of waves?
It doesn't need a medium to travel through.
Can light travel through all states of matter?
Yes, providing the substance is not opaque to the wavelength of the light.
What can travel either through matter or through emptty space?
Light and other electromagnetic wavesGravity wavesNeutrinos
Why does light travel faster through empty space than matter?
It doesn't travel faster through a vacuum. In our Universe there is no such thing as empty space.
What is a disturbance that moves through some type of matter or space?
a wave. Electromagnetic waves (such as light or radio waves) do not need a medium to travel through. Mechanical waves (such as sound waves) require a medium (matter) to travel through.
How are electromagnetic (or light) waves different from water and sound waves?
Light waves and electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space. Water waves can only travel through matter. Hope this helped!
