2006-10-02 10:11:19 · 53 answers · asked by gizmo-570 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
technically yes, because when it hits the ground it vibrates and makes the air around it vibrate, which makes a sound. it is a cool thing to think about. from a scientific standpoint, though, yes.
2006-10-02 10:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by kc9joc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When any event occurs, it generates sound waves that will travel though the air until they finally disipitate over time and they no longer exist. If there is nothing in the way that can convert the waves into sound such as a microphone or ear drum (be it human or animal) - then no, it didn't make a sound. However, if there is something there (human, microphone, animal - anything that has the facility to translate the waves into a sound) then yes - it did. Another question is, if a meteor hit the moon and you were walking on it, would you hear it as there is a vacuum that sound waves can't travel through??
2006-10-03 00:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by Andrew B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I carried out an experiment once . I left a tape recorder in a forest at the back of my property, in a windy night. The next day I played back the the tape ,and there was the crashing sound of a falling tree.
2006-10-02 10:16:28 · answer #3 · answered by Tracker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If an atomic bomb went off behind your back and you didn't see it...would you still be vapourised? If you cover your eyes so you can't see anything...is the Sun still shining? LOL !!! I just wish somebody would do the @$%&* tree in the forest thing for real and lay it to rest...once and for all !!! Use a robot fitted with a chainsaw attachment to fell the tree remotely,once you have retreated to beyond hearing range, and record whatever sounds are produced electronically!!! So...what are you waiting for? Go !! Do !! ...but please don't ask this question again !!!
2006-10-02 10:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by Ricvee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its fall would have displaced considerable amounts of air and surrounding vegetation, caused untold damage to the forest around it, sent wildlife fleeing in all directions and probably set up a microtremor which could be detected for a considerable distance.
So the answer is an emphatic YES.
2006-10-02 10:43:08 · answer #5 · answered by fiat_knox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There will always be an animal near by anywhere in a forest, they will hear the sound, so yes it makes a sound.
2006-10-02 10:14:06 · answer #6 · answered by ghostbeta34 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course it makes a sound ..but, the definition of "sound making" is that which is heard. So, therefore, if there is no one to hear it "it doesn't make a sound." However, "no one" could refere to a non human animal and the forests are full of animals and "non human" hearing things. Thus, it has to make a sound. ambiguous answer though.
2006-10-02 10:40:21 · answer #7 · answered by thalespi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. What we think of as sound is the bouncing of air waves along our ear canal and ear drum. If no one was around to hear the tree fall then the potential for sound was there, but there was no outlet for it.
2006-10-02 11:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by boukenger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bear off to the left there, who was doing his business, certainly heard it. It scared the BLEEP out of him! Proof that both falling trees make a sound and that bears do indeed do their business in the woods.
2006-10-02 10:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a better question:
If a tree falls in a forest and lands on you, will anybody care?
Get out of my house.
2006-10-02 10:27:37 · answer #10 · answered by mcfollowthrough 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋