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Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications

Putting the chapter together 1 of 3

Question 1

Which of these waves needs no medium to travel?

The right answer is the one marked above.

An X-ray. X-rays are electromagnetic, and electromagnetic waves need no medium.

The other three are mechanical waves, each carried by a medium: air, water, the slinky.

Answer the question to continue.