Asked by hoovan

How should the table be changed to correctly distinguish between mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

Earthquake waves and radiation waves need to change places.
Light waves and X-ray waves need to change places.
Ocean waves and X-ray waves need to change places.
Sound waves and light waves need to change places.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Put all mechanical waves on the Mechanical side and all electromagnetic waves on the Electromagnetic side. Concretely:

- Mechanical: earthquake waves, ocean waves, sound waves
- Electromagnetic: radiation waves, light waves, X-ray waves

To get that from the mistaken table, perform swaps 1, 3 and 4:
- Swap earthquake waves and radiation waves.
- Swap ocean waves and X-ray waves.
- Swap sound waves and light waves.

Do NOT swap light waves and X-ray waves (swap 2 is unnecessary — both are electromagnetic).