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Lots and Lots of things but basically energy travels in a wave.

There are two types of wave those that require something to travel through and those that don't. Both types basically move energy from one point to another. Waves in water (or rock since I notice this has been tagged for earthquakes) move through the substance without carrying it along with them.

Think skipping ropes, if you hold one end and flick you get a wave travelling along the rope. The rope moves up and down as the energy passes through but restores to it's position afterwards. Water (slightly different), Rock (shockwaves) and Air (sound travels as a wave in air - in space no-one can hear you scream!) all do this.

Waves can also travel in a vacuum. In this case it is a change in electric or magnetic properties that makes it wave like. The maths is however the same so we treat them as waves.

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Colby Leffler

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