2006-09-12 06:46:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Sorry, D@nny boy. I might be sad enough to ask an ancient question, but I'm not sad enough to watch the Simpson's.
2006-09-12 07:15:56 · update #1
pipi08 2000, my point exactly.
2006-09-12 09:45:55 · update #2
If no one is there to hear it, you can't prove it made a sound.
2006-09-12 09:41:03 · answer #1 · answered by pipi08_2000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ah, the age-old question. The tree falling over would produce a concussion wave or succession of concussion waves that travel through the air and can be heard (even if there is no one around to hear), so the answer would be yes. Those who argue this conclusion say that it is the interpretation of the ears and brain of an animal who "hears" these waves that makes it sound, so their answer would be no. BOTTOM LINE: The actual disruption in the air that is produced by the tree crashing down is produced whether someone is there to hear it or not, so my vote is yes.
2006-09-12 13:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Energy is changing state, the falling tree will still hit the ground (evidence is there for all to see), but the transfer of energy between the tree and the ground will not be perfect. No system on energy transfer is perfect. The ground will gain heat but the rest of the energy will be released as sound. Therefore... Yes it does.
2006-09-12 13:51:36 · answer #3 · answered by stevensontj 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If it falls, it creates sound waves, if no one is around to hear them the sound is still produced.
Now let me ask you something, if you scream into a pillow but no one hears you, not even yourself, do you make a sound? Of course you do. You know you've made a sound even if you can't hear it.
2006-09-12 15:17:41 · answer #4 · answered by Katri-Mills 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the answer is NO!!!!!
sound is just an intepretetion of our brain to make sense of our surroundings. . . .
if there is no one there to hear it make the sound you cant then simply assume that it did make the sound. . . thats just wrong analogy . . even scientifically!!! science proves things to be true, so if the tree is just lying there how are they gonna prove that it made a sound when it fell????? they cant!!!!
the answer is NO!!!!
2006-09-13 11:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by sims 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody heard the sound..
Evidence of sound propagation or maybe any manifestation of anything is about an interaction between the observed object or phenomena, and the person observing it.
If there is no one to observe what happened, then it did not happen.
2006-09-12 15:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by aLoN 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! Haven't you seen The Simpsons episode where Lisa teaches Bart how to play mini-golf! :P
2006-09-12 14:04:01 · answer #7 · answered by D@nny boy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, everything makes sound, our ears just can not hear everythingm, whether we are not close enough to hear it, or the frequency is too low or high for us to hear.
2006-09-12 16:36:12 · answer #8 · answered by Administrator 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wonder how many times people on yahoo answers will ask this question.
It's old and some new material is needed.
2006-09-12 13:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jojo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If a man speaks in a forest, and no woman is there to hear it, is he still wrong?
2006-09-12 13:55:52 · answer #10 · answered by advhawk 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋