Sound can be visualized as a wave due to the way it propagates through a medium by causing particle motion.
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The disturbance created by the sound source is carried forward during the propagation of sound in a medium.
The particles of the medium set neighbouring particles into motion, but they do not move forward themselves.
A wave is a disturbance that moves through a medium by setting neighbouring particles into motion.
The disturbance created by the source of sound travels through the medium to carry the sound to your ear, not the particles of the medium themselves.
A particle of the medium in contact with the vibrating object is displaced from its equilibrium position and exerts a force on the adjacent particle, causing it to be displaced as well.
No, the particles of the medium do not travel all the way from the vibrating object to the ear.
Sound moves through a medium by setting the particles of the medium around the vibrating object into vibration, which then transmits the sound to the listener.
Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
The matter through which sound is transmitted is called a medium.