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Which statement best describes the movement of particles when a wave travels through a medium? The particles are

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temporarily displaced and return to their normal position when the wave passes.
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Answer;

-The particles are temporarily displaced and return to their normal position when the wave passes.

Step-by-step explanation;

-A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location.

-When a wave is present in a medium (that is, when there is a disturbance moving through a medium), the individual particles of the medium are only temporarily displaced from their rest position. There is always a force acting upon the particles that restores them to their original position.

-The particles of the medium simply vibrate about a fixed position as the pattern of the disturbance moves from one location to another location.

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