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Sound (and vibration) waves may only travel in some medium. Such as air, metal and so on. They cannot travel in a vacuum.

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What kind of wave cannot travel through a vacuum?

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What kind of wave does sound travel through?

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What kind of wave can travel only through matter?

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A sound wave is this kind of wave?

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Can a sound wave travel through air?

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What kind of sound waves do vacuums produce?

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A wave that can only travel through some type of matter?

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Can sound waves travel through steel?

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What type of wave requires a material medium through which to travel?

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