A student is investigating two types of waves. Which question can the student ask to determine whether a wave is electromagnetic?

Responses

A. Can the wave travel through a vacuum?

B. Can the wave travel through a gas?

C. Can the wave travel through a solid?

D. Can the wave travel through a liquid?

3 answers

E. Is the wave made up of electric and magnetic fields?
E isn't an option
A.
Good grief answered !
Only an electromagnetic wave does not need matter to propagate through or along. Photons zoom through space.