Mechanical vs Electromagnetic Wave

This wave has a frequency.

• Electromagentic

• Mechanical

• Both

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This wave has an amplitude.

• Electromagentic

• Mechanical

• Both

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This wave has a wavelngth.

• Electromagentic

• Mechanical

• Both

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This wave can travel in space where there is no matter.

• Electromagentic

• Mechanical

• Both

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What is a wave?

• A disturbance that transfers matter from place to place.

• A disturbance that transfers energy but not matter.

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How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?

• Mechanical waves can only travel through a vacuum, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas.

• Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a gas.

• Mechanical waves can only travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.

• Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a solid.

A student asks a series of questions about a wave. The answer to which question will allow the student to determine whether the wave is electromagnetic or mechanical?

• Does it require a medium in order to travel?

• Can it pass through air and water?

• Does it have a measurable speed?

• Does it have a measurable frequency?

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space

• wave

• position

• time

• protein

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Waves that need to travel through matter are known as

• Medium waves

• Mechanical waves

• Air waves

• Heat waves

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Which type of wave requires a medium to travel?

• Electromagnetic wave

• Mechanical wave

• Both

• Neither