Question

What type of medium can a compression shock wave be transmitted through?

Solids and Liquids
Solids only
Liquids only
Liquids and gases

Answer 1

D) Liquids and gases

Answer 2

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Answer 3

all of them.
anything that's not a vacuum will allow a wave to pass. The SHOCK comes if you bang it hard enough in the right way.
in solids, what's an earth quake and it's various after shocks/tremors but a shockwave. When the house collapses, you get different sort of shock (if you're lucky enough to survive the quake, that is).
If you're near a heavy duty military cannon when it goes off, the air/sound shock wave can knock you over. And slam doors (I did some work on a mil gun range once, and the cannon testing was impressively scary).