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Sound energy can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas. Sound cannot travel through space. Which statement best describes a sound wave?


It is a mechanical wave because it can travel through a vacuum and through a medium.


It is a mechanical wave because it can travel through a medium but not through a vacuum.


It is an electromagnetic wave because it can travel through a vacuum and through a medium.


It is an electromagnetic wave because it can travel through a medium but not through a vacuum.

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It is a mechanical wave because it can travel through a medium but not through a vacuum.

Reason: sound is a mechanical (longitudinal) disturbance of particles in solids, liquids, or gases and needs a material medium to propagate.