It depends. Is it a mechanical wave or a electromagnetic wave? Mechanical waves (for example sound waves) travel trough every state of matter and they can't exist without matter. They don't travel through vacuum. Electromagnetic waves travel trough space and get interrupted only by other electromagnetic waves.
Mechanical waves travel by pushing and pulling on the matter they travel through. Sound waves and seismic waves are examples of mechanical waves.
Sound waves can only travel through matter, as they require a medium to propagate. Light waves and radio waves can travel through both matter and empty space.
"A compressible medium." "A displaceable medium."
A wave travels through a medium as a disturbance. Waves can be mechanical (such as sound waves) or electromagnetic (such as light waves) and they transfer energy without transporting matter.
Heat travels through waves of insulation through metals and other materials. The only metals that heat does not travel through are aluminum and nickel.
Sound waves. No medium (matter) to carry it, no sound.
Sound travels through matter as transverse pressure waves.
primary wave
P waves can travel through all types of matter. S waves can only travel through solids.
Sound waves travel faster through solids compared to liquids and gases because the particles in solids are more closely packed, allowing the sound waves to propagate more efficiently.
Light is a wave of vibrating electric and magnetic energy that travels through space in the form of electromagnetic radiation. It does not travel by compressions or rarefactions as sound waves do. Light does not fall under the category of a state of matter.
a medium. but longitudinal waves do not have to travel through a medium. This is why transverse waves cannot vibrate through space.a medium. but longitudinal waves do not have to travel through a medium. This is why transverse waves cannot vibrate through space.