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What two things does mechanical waves always need to travel through?
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What do Mechanical waves must travel through?
Mechanical waves may travel through any medium except vacuum.
Is light an example of mechanical wave?
No. Light is an example of an electromagnetic wave, which can travel through a vacuum. Mechanical waves must travel through a medium, and cannot travel through a vacuum.
What do Mechanical wave's require?
Mechanical waves require media through which they can travel.
What do mechanical waves travel through?
a medium such as air.
Where can sounds not travel?
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum. Sound is mechanical energy, and it travels by the transfer of mechanical energy through the medium through which it is traveling. If there is nothing to transfer the mechanical energy, like there is nothing in a vacuum, sound cannot travel there.
What do Mechanical waves must travel through?
Mechanical waves may travel through any medium except vacuum.
Is light an example of mechanical wave?
No. Light is an example of an electromagnetic wave, which can travel through a vacuum. Mechanical waves must travel through a medium, and cannot travel through a vacuum.
Mechanical waves require what?
Mechanical waves require media through which they can travel.
What do Mechanical wave's require?
Mechanical waves require media through which they can travel.
How mechanical and electromagnetic wave are different?
The biggest difference is that mechanical waves require a medium to travel through and electromagnetic waves do not.
Due mechanical waves need a medium to travel through?
Yes, mechanical waves do need a medium in order to travel. Other waves, such as light, do not (thus they can travel through space).
What waves does mechanical travel through?
A mechanical wave can travel through a medium with mass and elasticity. Examples are air and water (sound waves), earth (earthquakes).
What can a mechanical waves travel through?
A medium which is air
What can travel only through a medium?
mechanical waves
What do mechanical waves travel through?
a medium such as air.
Where can sounds not travel?
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum. Sound is mechanical energy, and it travels by the transfer of mechanical energy through the medium through which it is traveling. If there is nothing to transfer the mechanical energy, like there is nothing in a vacuum, sound cannot travel there.
What can sounds not travel through?
Since sound is a mechanical wave (it needs a substance to travel through) it cannot travel through a vacuum.
