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As a sound wave travels, what happens to the particles in the medium it travels through

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Sound waves move through a medium by means of particle-to-particle interaction. The source disturbs the immediately surrounding particles, causing them to vibrate about their fixed position at the same frequency as the source.

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Sound waves move through a medium by means of particle-to-particle interaction. The source disturbs the immediately surrounding particles, causing them to vibrate about their fixed position at the same frequency as the source.

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