An Introduction to Waves

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What law of physics was violated in the filming of the scene? Please explain.

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the particles of the medium are able to move along the curved wavelike pathway

one particle pushes or pulls on the adjacent particle which pushes or pulls on the next particle 

the initial vibration of the medium causes the medium to assume the wavelike shape and this shape subsequently moves from one location to another.

mechanical

electromagnetic

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B

Waves are created by a vibration.

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As a wave moves through a medium, the individual particle of the medium move from the source of the wave to another location some distance away. 

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Waves are a means of transporting energy from one location to another without actually displacing matter from one location to another.

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An ocean wave will transport ocean water from near the middle of the ocean to a location near the store.

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As mechanical waves move through a medium, particles of the medium undergo a periodic and repeated vibration about a fixed position.

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Mechanical waves progate or move through a medium because ______________. 

the particles of the medium are able to move along the curved wavelike pathway

one particle pushes or pulls on the adjacent particle which pushes or pulls on the next particle 

the initial vibration of the medium causes the medium to assume the wavelike shape and this shape subsequently moves from one location to another.

Which of the following categories of waves require a medium in order to transport energy from one location to another?

mechanical

electromagnetic

B