Does a solid, like a night stand, vibrate macroscopically because the atoms and molecules that make up the solid vibrate?

Question

We know particles that make up solids vibrate, but do the solids vibrate themselves because of that? Like a structure or object like a night stand, does that night stand vibrate macroscopically because the particles are vibrating microscopically ?

Answer 1

The "particles" (atoms) that make up solids vibrate microscopically due to non-zero temperature. [ At (hypothetical) absolute zero (T=0K) solids should freeze. ] If you average this microscopic vibration over a sizeable solid sample (containing so many atoms) it will be zero on "macroscopic" level.

The night stand might vibrate because other objects (buses, cars, trains) shake the ground, even if lightly. For sure an earthquake, G-d forbid, would make it vibrate.