Could that then be applied to traveling on water.
2006-07-13 10:32:28 · 13 answers · asked by Treat 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sound is vibration. If there were no air, there would be no sound... Thus, in space, no one can hear you scream (cliche!). Sound does not rely solely on air. This vibartion can be transfered to and from any objects with mass, that are touching. In essence, the sound is not what made the water move, but the by-product of whatever event caused the water to move.
Think of Jurassic Park, the part with the T-Rex, with everyone in the jeep. The T-Rex's steps distubed the water in the glass, not the sound from it.
2006-07-13 12:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by rpalm82 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sound is air molocules bumping into each other. When they bump into the water molocules, they move them in the same way. If you could see air, you would see the molocules moving the same way as the water. It could be applied to traveling on water, but you would need a tremendous amount of energy in the sound waves and a way to have it propel the traveling craft without destroying it and deafening everyone on it. Good luck.
2006-07-13 10:37:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that's what a sound wave is - moving molecules.
You make a sound wave in the air when you move a bunch of molecules at a certain speed. Those molecules move and bump into other molecules, which in turn move and bump into yet more molecules, and so on and so forth.
If and when some molecules from the air or from something solid bump into water, it causes the molecules in the water to move and bump into other water molecules, which move and bump into other molecules,a nd so on and so forth.
2006-07-13 10:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by extton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sound waves moves the air and the air shockwaves move the molecules on the water. In fact, water transmit sound better than air.
It is like blowing on top of the water, then try whisteling: it's sound!
2006-07-13 10:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by Vlady72 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because sound waves are just motions of particles. The air is making the same motions you see water doing, you just can't see the air. That is also why some sounds will shake solid objects, as long as the force of the sound is enough to move the object.
2006-07-13 10:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound waves are longitudinal waves. If sound waves are moving south, the disturbance that they are creating is giving the air molecules extra north-and-south (not east-and-west, or up-and-down) motion. If the disturbance is from a regular vibration, the result is that the molecules end up pushed together in evenly-spaced waves.
2006-07-13 10:37:34 · answer #6 · answered by donnam4863 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sound waves are a form of energy, and as energy is transferred from one medium to another, the new medium moves. In this case, the new medium is water.
2006-07-13 10:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by Cor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the longitudinal (sound) wave energy is transformed into transverse wave energy in the water.
2006-07-13 11:49:10 · answer #8 · answered by Aslan, reborn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beacause sound waves let of vibrations which make the water move.
2006-07-13 10:41:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because sound is movement.
It however is a very small amount of energy that only effects the surface...pretty much so it would need an AWFUL LOT OF NOISE to get moving that way.
2006-07-13 10:35:31 · answer #10 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋