factors? conditions? phenomena? be specific...
2007-01-29 22:50:48 · 6 answers · asked by edelweiss 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
ummm... I mean the waves we see in water ripples...
2007-01-29 23:00:33 · update #1
This is not a researched answer. However, I hope it gives you some ideas.
For a wave to propagate, you really only need a suitable medium (like water or air.. etc..). However, for the wave to even begin, you need something to initiate the wave (displacement of the physical medium .. or for some physical material to travel through the medium).
Also, the type of wave is important. A kinetic, compression or some kind of sound wave requires a material medium like liquid (eg. water), gas (eg. air), or solid (eg. earth or walls). Whereas an electromagnetic wave like a light wave (sometimes thought of as acting like a bunch of particles) requires the medium to be transparent (like glass, air, water..etc..) including the vacuum of space where there is no material medium, becasue light also behaves like a bunch of physical particles and the space is simply allowing the wave to propagate and travel like particles unimpeded.
2007-01-30 00:03:39 · answer #1 · answered by James K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of waves are you thinking about when you ask that? Oceanic waves? or, in general waves (sound, radio signals etc.).
Electronic/sound waves need a medium to travel through -sound waves wont travel through vacuum. The medium needs to be low in density for the waves to travel without loss of amplitude (strength).
If it was to do with waves in the sea - well water for starters, wind, gravitational pull (sun and the moon etc.).
Your question could be more specific though.
2007-01-29 23:00:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A medium (in your case water) and an activation energy. an earthquake underneath the sea is a dangerous activator of a huge tidal wave in many cases.
2007-01-29 23:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what kinda wave? be specific!
for mehanical wave you need mass, to propagate in for electromagnetic wave you dont need mass.
for both you need sufficient energy to compensate for the losses during propagation
for some EM wave you need line of sight (higher energy waves)
etc.
get a textbook!
2007-01-29 22:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by Iman S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
area is the medium that conducts gentle. people many times look at area as no longer something. area is the precursor of the universe and us. area can accommodate any kind of electro-magnetic radiation yet sound desires a medium like air or rock or water etc.
2016-11-01 21:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only disturbance in the environment condition of the boundary fluid.
2007-01-29 23:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋