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Fill in the following blanks with suitable words :

(a) Sound is caused by ______.

(b) A sound wave consists of places of higher pressure called ______ and places of ______ pressure called ______ .

(c) Wave speed in metres per second equals frequency in ______ multiplied by ______ in ______ .

(d) Sound cannot travel through ______ .

(e) The speed of sound in a solid is ______ than the speed of sound in air.

(f) When the frequency of the sound is increased, the wavelength ______ .

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(a) Sound is caused by __vibrattion____.

(b) A sound wave consists of places of higher pressure called ___compression___ and places of ___lower___ pressure called __rarefraction____ .

(c) Wave speed in metres per second equals frequency in __hertz____ multiplied by __wavelength____ in ___metre___ .

(d) Sound cannot travel through ___vacuum___ .

(e) The speed of sound in a solid is ___greater___ than the speed of sound in air.

(f) When the frequency of the sound is increased, the wavelength ___decreased___ .


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