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Mechanical waves require media through which they can travel.

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Mechanical waves require what?

Mechanical waves require media through which they can travel.


What distinguishes waves from mechanical waves?

Mechanical waves require a medium for their propagation whereas electromagnetic waves require a medium for their propagation.


What waves require a medium and what waves do not?

Mechanical waves require a medium (substance) to travel in, other waves do not. For example, sound is a mechanical wave and require a medium (air, water, etc.), light is not a mechanical wave and does not require a medium


What do you call waves that require a medium A electromagnetic waves or B mechanical waves?

Mechanical waves, shock waves, etc.


How em waves different from mechanical waves?

Mechanical waves require a medium while Electromagnetic waves does not.


Why are sound waves not considered a mechanical wave?

Mechanical waves are waves that require a medium in which to travel, i.e., a solid or fluid. As sound needs a medium to travel, sound is a mechanical wave.


Are Electromagnetic waves and transverse waves two types of mechanical waves?

No, electromagnetic waves are not mechanical waves; they do not require a medium to travel through. Transverse waves are a type of mechanical wave that require a medium for propagation; examples include waves on a string or water waves.


Which of the following is not a mechanical wave' a transverse a longitudinal or a electromagnetic?

Electromagnetic waves are not mechanical waves, as they do not require a medium (such as air or water) to propagate. Transverse and longitudinal waves, on the other hand, are mechanical waves that require a medium to travel through.


HOW are EM wave different from mechanical wave?

Mechanical waves require a medium while Electromagnetic waves does not.


What is another word for waves that require a medium is called?

mechanical waves


How are em waves different from mechanical waves?

mechanical waves need a medium to travel through, electromagnetic waves do not. Electromagnetic waves can travel through space, mechanical waves can not.:PElectromagnetic waves do not require a medium, but mechanical waves do.


How are electromagnetic wave and mechanical waves different?

The biggest difference is that mechanical waves require a medium to travel through and electromagnetic waves do not.