Complete the following sentences :

(a) Sound can not travel through _, but it requires a _ .

(b) When sound travels in a medium, the particles of medium _ but the disturbance _ .

(c) A longitudinal wave is composed of compression and _ .

(d) A transverse wave is composed of crest and _ .

(e) Wave velocity = ___ x wavelength.

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Solution

(a) Vacuum, medium
(b) do not move, moves
(c) rarefaction
(d) trough.
(e) Wave velocity = frequency x wavelength.

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