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A pressure wave in a substance- a Primary or P wave. A vacuum is an absence of substance- nothing there to compress.

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Q: You can hear sounds transmitted through air water or steel but not through the empty vacuum of space. What type of wave carries sound?
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What has to happen to make sounds travel?

Atoms transfer sound energy through vibrations. If there are no atoms, such as in a vacuum, sounds cannot be transmitted.


Which type of waves cannot be transmitted through vacuum?

light waves


What is sound energy transmitted through?

All states of matter:solids, liquids and gases. But not through vacuum.


Why heat cannot be conducted through vaccum?

Conduction requires a medium. In vacuum there is no medium through which heat can be conducted. However, heat can be transmitted through vacuum in the form of radiation.


Which type of wave can be transmitted through the vacuum of space is what type of wave?

Electromagnetic I.e. light


Can wave energy only be transmiitted through a material medium?

That depends on the type of wave. An electromagnetic wave can be transmitted through a vacuum.


What transmits a sound through solid?

Sound waves transmit sound through a solid, as well as air and water. Sound waves cannot be transmitted through a vacuum.


What form of heat energy can travel through a vacuum?

Thermal energy can refer to the molecular energy in a substance, which can be transmitted by the movement of the molecules affecting adjacent molecules. Thermal energy is also a form of radiation and as such is transmitted through a vacuum until it hits an object, which is then heated by it until the two objects reach an equilibrium in temperature.


How is heat transferred through a vacuum?

Only by radiation. Infrared waves waves don't require a material medium to pass through. Heat energy is transmitted even through vacuum in the form of infrared waves. We get heat energy from sun in this way.


Can sounds travel in a vacuum?

No, sound requires a medium to travel.No it must travel through matter


Light can travel through a vacuum as is evidenced when you see the sun or the moon. Can sound travel through a vacuum also?

No, sounds cannot travel through a vacuum. This is because sound requires a medium to travel through because it requires the vibration of particles to travel and there need to be particles to vibrate for it to travel through.


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.