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Why is a sound wave a mechanical wave?​

Answer 1

Mechanical waves move "things"...they require a medium (whose molecules are the "things") to transmit their energy. Sound uses air molecules most of the time. It can use water molecules as well.

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Answer 2

a sound wave moves through air by displacing air particles in a chain reaction, sound energy is associated with vibrations created by a vibrating source, that requires a medium to travel, which makes sound energy a mechanical wave

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