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Question

The distance between one wave crest to the next or from trough is called

The correct answer is

Wavelength

Wavelength is the distance between consecutive corresponding points of the same phase on the wave, such as from crest to crest, trough to trough, or any point on one cycle to the corresponding point on the next cycle.

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Important Questions from Traveling Sound Waves

  1. Sound waves are:

    1. Longitudinal waves

    2. Transverse waves

  2. Sound waves in air are

  3. All of the following can propagate through vacuum except

  4. Sound cannot travel through ______

  5. A sound wave has a frequency of 1 kHz and wavelength 50 cm. How long will it take to travel 1 km?
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