2006-08-18 16:39:05 · 28 answers · asked by G m 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No. By definition a "sound" must be created and received. If no one hears it, then it does not make a sound. However if a bird or a squirrel heard it, then it does make a sound!
2006-08-18 16:45:15 · answer #1 · answered by jgain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so many people have asked this Q its boring. of course it makes a sound whether you hear it or not cos an object as large as a tree falling to the ground will always make a sound. OK, stop asking
2006-08-18 23:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by 90210 aka Hummer Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well sound is vibration that an ear picks up. So if a tree falls it still creates the vibration, but if there are no ears it is not receive as a sound. So I guess it depends on whether you define sound as the vibration or the received information in the ear.
2006-08-18 16:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by cyn1066 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It makes a sound for the other trees to listen to.
2006-08-18 16:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by boredatwork 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you could pick it up on a tape recorder, but I suppose it depends on your definition of sound. What I really want to know, though, is if a man were to speak in the woods and his wife is not there to hear him, is he still wrong?
2006-08-18 16:56:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it certainly does, hard to prove though unless you find a tree ready to fall and set up a tape recorder then leave
when you come back later you will hear the tree fall, it made a sound, thnx for asking though
2006-08-18 16:47:26 · answer #6 · answered by just my answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do we REALLY have to get this question EVERY day? - and does it matter anyway?
I've never not been in the woods when a tree hasn't fallen and the noise isn't deafening
2006-08-18 21:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound is formed when there is a disturbance in the surrounding medium (in this case air). For a sound to be recognised, there had to be a reciever that can pick it up (your ear). Just like a signal, just because it hasen't been picked up, doesen't mean that it does not exist.
2006-08-19 04:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by trida702 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is no one around Does the tree exist?
2006-08-18 19:26:17 · answer #9 · answered by Cornelis R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you keep asking the same question? I have seen this question many times. What is so special about it? The anwser is obvious. Are you conducting some sort of survey?
2006-08-18 17:01:39 · answer #10 · answered by jorge f 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋