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What types of energy transfer requires a medium?
Its either sound, visible light,xrays.ultraviolet light
Does light need a medium through which to travel?
No, it does not. It can travel through any open space. Sound, unlike light, needs a medium to travel. So light can travel through outer space but sound cannot because there is no medium.
Sounds need these in order to travel?
Sound waves need a medium in order to propogate. Light waves can travel without a medium. The speed of light is 3*108m/s.
Which requires a physical medium in which to travel light or sound?
it is sound that requires a medium to travel .. light is an electromagnetic wave ..it doesn't require a medium..
Which requires a physical medium in which to travel light sound or both?
Heat requires a medium. Sound requires a medium. Because there's pretty much no physical matter in outer space, there's no heat or sound. Astronauts can experience heat after light energy converts to heat on their suits, and they can experience sound if they touch something (and the vibrations vibrate their ears as sound). Oh! And they get sound from radio waves (which are light!) that convert to sound. Pure energy (like light, and gravity i guess) is the only thing that doesn't require a physical medium. I guess once an object is propelled through space, it continues moving without a medium too. Fish need water to swim, monkeys need branches to swing, worms need dirt to wiggle forward. That's the best answer i can give. Have a good day or something!
Why is the speed of sound slower then the speed of light?
The sound needs a medium to be transported. Without that medium (vacuum) there is no sound. The sound is blocked by air mulecules. The light does not need a medium.
Do sound require a medium?
Sound waves need a medium to propagate. Light-waves and other electromagnetic wave (radio, xray) do not.
What types of energy transfer requires a medium?
Its either sound, visible light,xrays.ultraviolet light
Does light need a medium through which to travel?
No, it does not. It can travel through any open space. Sound, unlike light, needs a medium to travel. So light can travel through outer space but sound cannot because there is no medium.
Sounds need these in order to travel?
Sound waves need a medium in order to propogate. Light waves can travel without a medium. The speed of light is 3*108m/s.
Which requires a physical medium in which to travel light or sound?
it is sound that requires a medium to travel .. light is an electromagnetic wave ..it doesn't require a medium..
Light waves differ fundamentally from either water waves or sound waves because?
Sound and water waves are mechanical and therefore need a medium. Light is an electromagnetic wave which travels as a particle-wave, so it does not need a medium to travel through.
When a wave travel through a medium?
Mechanical waves such as sound and vibration require a medium in which to travel. Electromagnetic waves such as radio and light need no transmission medium.
How does light travel through AVACUUM?
Light waves do not need a medium to propagate. Sound waves cannot travel without a medium. Light waves always travel at the speed of light that is 3*108m/s.
Why are light and sound not considered to be matter?
light and sound do not have mass. Light is electromagnetic wave transverse in nature. Sound is longitudinal wave. But sound needs material medium so it is mechanical wave. Moreover matter is the one which occupies the space. But waves do not occupy but traverse in space. Electromagnetic waves don't need material medium, but sound waves do need a material medium. False physics to assume that light has no mass. Energy = mc^2 =hf=cp. Light has energy and momentum. p=h/w =mv.
How sound waves differ from light waves?
Sound is a longitudinal wave and a light wave is a transverse wave. Sound requires a medium to travel through but light can propagate without any medium.
Which requires a physical medium in which to travel light sound or both?
Heat requires a medium. Sound requires a medium. Because there's pretty much no physical matter in outer space, there's no heat or sound. Astronauts can experience heat after light energy converts to heat on their suits, and they can experience sound if they touch something (and the vibrations vibrate their ears as sound). Oh! And they get sound from radio waves (which are light!) that convert to sound. Pure energy (like light, and gravity i guess) is the only thing that doesn't require a physical medium. I guess once an object is propelled through space, it continues moving without a medium too. Fish need water to swim, monkeys need branches to swing, worms need dirt to wiggle forward. That's the best answer i can give. Have a good day or something!
