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Because depending on what material the wave goes through it won't pick up that source of vibration.

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Q: Why is a mechanical wave not always produced when a source vibrates?
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What medium do mechanical waves need?

sound is produced by vibrating a source threw air. +======================= Answer 2: For mechanical waves to traverse we need an elastic medium.


Will a vibrating source always produce sound?

Sound is sensed only when vibrations produced by a source is transferred to the ear drum by means of a material medium. If such a medium is absent then sound cannot be heard. But vibrations of the source are always there.


How mechanical waves produced?

Mechanical waves are produced when some kind of energy moves a substance, a material, or a "thing" within a medium that will conduct the mechanical energy of motion away from the source. And example of this would be a speaker, which takes an electrical signal and moves some kind of diaphragm with it. The diaphragm will move air or another fluid around it, and the sound waves will radiate from the device. If used in the vacuum of space, a speaker would be ineffective at transferring sound (mechanical) energy.


What source of energy cause a transverse wave?

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What is the best description of mechanical energy type source?

related to or produced by a machine and/or gravitational and kinetic forces, two examples being rollup doors and fansrelated to or produced by a machine and/or gravitational and kinetic forces, two examples being rollup doors and fans

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What medium do mechanical waves need?

sound is produced by vibrating a source threw air. +======================= Answer 2: For mechanical waves to traverse we need an elastic medium.


Is it true that how fast a sound source vibrates affects the pitch of the sound?

Yes, it is true that the faster a sound source vibrates the higher the pitch.


Explain how the sound is physically produced by the source and transmitted through the air?

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Is moving water an energy source?

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