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What do light waves transfer?
Light is a wave, so there are no waves transferring light.
How do mechanical waves transfers energy?
A wave is any disturbance that transmits energy through matter or space. Sound is a type of energy that requires waves traveling through matter. The material or substance through which a wave may travel is called the medium. The medium for a wave can be any of the common states of matter: solid, liquid, or gas. Sound waves require a medium. The medium does not move with the energy. Sound waves travel by vibration of particles. If there are no particles, there will be no sound. Waves that require a medium are called mechanical waves. (In addition to sound waves, ocean waves and seismic waves require a medium. Therefore ocean waves and seismic waves are mechanical waves.)
What happens when a wave hits a barrier it cannot pass through?
A mechanical wave travels through a medium because a medium is necessary for the propagation of that wave. With a mechanical wave, like sound, mechanical energy is put intothe wave, and the medium carries the energy of the wave. This is in contrast to an electromagnetic wave (like light) which can move through a total vacuum.
Expansion and contraction of the rock material through which a wave passes is a characteristic of?
compressional waves
Are water waves mechanical waves?
No, Mechanical waves means that the waves require a medium in order to pass through. For instance, sound is a mechanical wave because it requires the air to travel through (or any material -- such as water). Light waves are electromagnetic waves because they produce an oscillating electric/magnetic field as it travels. Also because it requires no medium to travel through, this is why the sun's light may reach us here on earth. (Note: it was previously thought that the medium in space which allowed light to travel through, this was referred to as the ether - this is false, space is a vacuum.)
What wave that transfers energy through empty space?
Electromagnetic wave
When a wave transfers energy what does it transfer through?
Vibrating Molecules
What is the disturbance that transfers energy through field?
Radio wave
What is the disturbance that transfers energy through a field?
Radio wave
When A wave transfers energy true or false?
The answer is true. The greater the energy the greater the amplitude.
What a wave transfers?
energy.
What is the difference between a wave and a particle?
A wave is a a moving oscillation that transfers energy through a medium. A particle is an object.
What transfers energy as a wave?
radio
What is wave that transfers energy through empty space?
The wave that transfers energy through empty space is called photons (what light is made of ) are the wave particle which mediates electromagnetic energy, which includes radio waves, electrostatic repulsion, and magnetism. Also, the theoretical wave particle the graviton is thought to mediate gravitational attraction, however has not yet been observed.
What is a mechanical wave and a medium?
A mechanical wave is a wave the transfers energy through a medium If anyone know what a mechanical waves medium is add an answer to this question
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.
Which process transfers energy primarily by eletromagnetic wave traveling through empty space?
Electromagnetic radiation
