As these wave pass through their medium,is the medium carrief along with them ?
When waves pass through a medium, such as sound waves passing through air or water waves on the ocean's surface, the particles of the medium do indeed move, but not along with the wave itself. The particles of the medium oscillate or vibrate around their equilibrium positions as the wave passes through.
To understand why this happens, let's take the example of a sound wave traveling through air. When a sound wave is generated, it causes compressions and rarefactions in the air molecules. The compressions are regions where the air molecules are densely packed and the rarefactions are regions where the air molecules are spread apart.
As the sound wave travels, it creates a series of compressions and rarefactions that propagate through the air. However, the individual air molecules do not travel in the direction of the wave. Instead, they only oscillate back and forth around their original positions. This means that even though the wave moves forward, the air molecules themselves stay relatively stationary.
So, while it might initially seem like the medium is being carried along with the wave, it is actually the individual particles of the medium that are vibrating or oscillating in response to the wave passing through them. The particles do not travel with the wave but rather transmit the wave's energy and motion from one location to another.