What is sound waves going into the air?

Sound waves going into the air is like when you shake a jump rope and it makes ripples that travel across the room.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite toy, maybe a drum. When you hit it, the skin of the drum moves up and down really fast. This movement pushes the air around it, kind of like how you push the air when you blow on a pinwheel. The air starts to move in waves, just like water moves in waves when you throw a stone into a pond.

These sound waves are invisible, but they can be felt. If your friend is sitting near you and you hit the drum, they might feel the vibrations in their chest or hear the thump of the beat. That’s because the air carried the sound from one place to another, like a message being passed from person to person.

Every time something makes noise, like a dog barking, a car honking, or even you singing, it sends out these invisible waves into the air, and they travel until someone hears them.