What do you observe about the movement of the particles in the medium?

The particles of the medium just vibrate in place.

Explanation:

As they vibrate, they pass the energy of the disturbance to the particles next to them, which pass the energy to the particles next to them, and so on. Particles of the medium don't actually travel along with the wave.

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sulfur belongs to group 16 because it can be found in nature whether it is in a free or combined state.

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since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.