Any material through which any wave travels is called a medium.
Ocean waves travel through the medium of seawater.
Sound cannot travel through outer space, because there is no medium there to support sound waves.
Mechanical waves such as sound and vibration require a medium through which to travel. Usually air, or a solid or liquid - matter in other words.
If they're mechanical waves, travel through the medium that you see them traveling through. Sound waves are also mechanical waves, however, since you can't see them, we'll say they travel through the medium that next to your ear, whether that be air, water, a Styrofoam cup, etc.
Electromagnetic waves need no medium to travel through. They are oscillations of electric and magnetic fields and can travel through a vacuum.
You need to specify the type of wave.
medium
Mechanical waves must travel through a medium, such as a gas, liquid, or solid.
The medium
The type of waves that travel through matter are Electromagnetic waves.
Earthquake generated waves are called seismic waves. These are waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers. Their velocity depends on the elasticity and density of the medium that they travel through.
a medium. but longitudinal waves do not have to travel through a medium. This is why transverse waves cannot vibrate through space.a medium. but longitudinal waves do not have to travel through a medium. This is why transverse waves cannot vibrate through space.
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what is a form of energy that travels as waves through the air and some solids and liquids call?
They travel through a material medium.
Vibrations travel through the material, just as they would in air. How well they travel through depends on the material.
medium
Electromagnetic Waves can travel through space without any material medium.
the 'medium'
surface waves can only travel along the surface.
Light can travel through transparent and translucent glass.
sound waves
Sound waves can travel through any compressible material (which means any real material), be it solid, liquid, or gas. Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum.
Solids
Sound creates waves in a material- compression waves. These waves are transmitted through the atoms/molecules in the material to the receiver. The denser a material is, the more effectively sound may travel; this is because the sound waves are transmitted more easily through the tightly packed molecules.
The type of waves that travel through matter are Electromagnetic waves.