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You and a friend each hold one end of a rope and shake it to make waves. what is the medium for these waves?
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For each type of wave compare the vibration of the medium to the direction of the wave?
Transverse waves vibrate up and down. Longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the medium. Surface waves vibrate in circular motions.
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.
What travels along with a wave?
Wave is a self-sustaining medium of disturbance which does not involve transport of matter itself. A wave has a magnetic and electric field oscillating perpendicular to each other. Ex. of waves water waves, sound waves, light waves etc.
Can mechanical waves travel through vacuum?
Mechanical waves (like sound) require things to bang into each other, or at least push each other around, to continue to be a wave propagation. In space, there isn't enough stuff close enough together to carry a wave in that form. Electromagnetic waves, on the other hand, umm... are a different theory.
How does the non-mechanical waves move through the space?
Non-mechanical waves(radio waves) which are sent into space are nothing but electromagnetic waves similar to light waves.Unlike sound waves or water ripples(waves) which require a medium to propagate in,electromagnetic waves are self-sustaining waves.We know that a moving charge causes a magnetic field and a moving magnetic field induces an electric field.Since an electromagnetic wave comprises of both electric waves and magnetic waves which are caused by each other,therefore they dont require a medium for propagation.
How do you use as if in a sentence?
The principle of superposition is that when two or more waves travel in a medium each wave travels in the medium as if the other waves were absent.
In traverse waves each particle of the medium moves in a circle?
Not necessarily.
For each type of wave compare the vibration of the medium to the direction of the wave?
Transverse waves vibrate up and down. Longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the medium. Surface waves vibrate in circular motions.
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.
How are sound waves and electromagnetic waves different from one another?
Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves I.E the direction of movement of each particle in the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the transfer of energy, similar to a water wave. Sound waves are transverse and so the direction of the movement of the particles in the medium is the same direction as the movement of the energy.
Suppose 10 friends share 4 medium sized pizzasEach friend gets the same amount of pizza.What fraction of a pizza does each friend receive?
Each friend gets 2/5 of a pizza.
What travels along with a wave?
Wave is a self-sustaining medium of disturbance which does not involve transport of matter itself. A wave has a magnetic and electric field oscillating perpendicular to each other. Ex. of waves water waves, sound waves, light waves etc.
Where does a earthquake form?
an earthquake forms deep in side the earths crust, where plates, that hold continents, are. they move, sideways, forward, backward and slide over other plates. if two plates meet sliding or bumping each other, it cause waves over the earth, which we call earth quakes.These waves, animals can sense. there are three diffrent waves that come from an earthquake.P waves S waves and surface waves. the waves come over the earth, and some are silent at first,which the animals hear. the big ones, shake the earths crust, causing the crust to shake which we are on and buildings. and since the earth below us is moving, the building shake and fall, causing damage.
Can mechanical waves travel through vacuum?
Mechanical waves (like sound) require things to bang into each other, or at least push each other around, to continue to be a wave propagation. In space, there isn't enough stuff close enough together to carry a wave in that form. Electromagnetic waves, on the other hand, umm... are a different theory.
A person waves goodbye to her friend each wave requires 2 seconds for each wave cycle what is the frequency of the wave?
0.5 hertz
How does the non-mechanical waves move through the space?
Non-mechanical waves(radio waves) which are sent into space are nothing but electromagnetic waves similar to light waves.Unlike sound waves or water ripples(waves) which require a medium to propagate in,electromagnetic waves are self-sustaining waves.We know that a moving charge causes a magnetic field and a moving magnetic field induces an electric field.Since an electromagnetic wave comprises of both electric waves and magnetic waves which are caused by each other,therefore they dont require a medium for propagation.
Why mechanical wave require a medium to transfer energy?
unlike the other waves this one must have it
