No. Mechanical waves are utterly incapable of
transfering energy through empty space.
False. Mechanical waves require a medium, such as air or water, to travel through. They cannot propagate through empty space because they rely on the vibration of particles in the medium to transfer energy.
The transfer of heat energy through empty space is called radiation.
One characteristic shared by electromagnetic and mechanical waves is that they both can transfer energy through a medium or through empty space.
Some waves can transfer energy only through liquids and solids, but not through gases or vacuum. Some waves, like sound waves, can transfer energy through gases, liquids and solids but not through vacuum. And some waves, notably electromagnetic waves, can transfer energy through vacuum as well as matter.
Electromagnetic wave
No. Mechanical waves are utterly incapable of transfering energy through empty space.
False. Mechanical waves require a medium, such as air or water, to travel through. They cannot propagate through empty space because they rely on the vibration of particles in the medium to transfer energy.
The transfer of heat energy through empty space is called radiation.
One characteristic shared by electromagnetic and mechanical waves is that they both can transfer energy through a medium or through empty space.
Conduction
Radiation.
No. (radiation)
Some waves can transfer energy only through liquids and solids, but not through gases or vacuum. Some waves, like sound waves, can transfer energy through gases, liquids and solids but not through vacuum. And some waves, notably electromagnetic waves, can transfer energy through vacuum as well as matter.
Heat transfer through empty space is known as radiation. It does not require a medium (such as air or water) for heat to travel and can occur in a vacuum. This type of heat transfer is how the sun's energy reaches us on Earth.
Electromagnetic wave
Electromagnetic waves can traverse through empty space. Heat is transferred right from Sun to earth only through empty space
Transferring energy through empty space is called radiation. There are three types of energy transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. Radiation is the only energy transfer that does not require a medium. Radiation is a wave of pure energy; one example of radiation is the sunlight that reaches Earth, which is electromagnetic radiation.