if a tree falls in the middle of a rainforest, does it make a sound?
2006-09-24 08:38:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
just cause someones not around to hear it doesnt mean it doesnt make a sound.. um duH?
2006-09-28 05:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duhhhhh.. it has to, just because you're not there to hear it or paying attention, of course it has to make a sound. It's in the middle of the rainforest. Should the trees there make no noise?
2006-09-24 15:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only if there is a recipient of the sound waves produce by the falling tree can it be interpreted as sound.
2006-09-24 21:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by 0057dw 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does make a sound, if it didn't that could only mean that there's a vacuum of air around the tree. But that's impossible.
Timber... crash
2006-09-24 17:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by ItalianAtHeart 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but we would no hear it because the storm is making a sound louder than the tree fall
2006-09-24 15:42:35 · answer #5 · answered by drevon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound waves are not sound until someone hears them?? Suppose there is a mouse nearby which hears the sound. Is it sound then? Are light waves light even if no-one sees them?
2006-09-24 19:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First define sound.
The tree falling will make SOUND WAVES. If no one is present there is no auditory perception then there is no sound.
2006-09-24 16:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by fred f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. it may be saturated with water and the water would squirt making a sound, other animals would hear it. and yes i know im good
2006-09-24 15:43:53 · answer #8 · answered by blondie b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Yes, splash.
2006-09-24 15:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure but i think it does.....
2006-09-24 15:40:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋