2006-10-21 15:44:04 · 11 answers · asked by osansmitty 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
it won't make a sound because if no one is there to hear there won't be a receptor to the sound waves and without a receptor sound ceases to exist.
2006-10-21 16:20:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If an asteroid hits the moon, there will be no sound, whether anyone is there to hear it or not.
Sound is defined as a series of compressions and rarefactions in the atmosphere. If there is no atmosphere, there can be no sound, The moon does not have an atmosphere.
But is a tree falls in a forest and no one is around it will still make a sound, because of the definition of what sound is.
Glad I could help.
2006-10-21 15:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
There is no atmosphere to carry the sound. If the vibrations or the impact can be felt it still doesn't make it a sound and you say nobody is there to hear it (or feel it).
If someone were on the moon at the time and the impact caused reverberation withing the spacesuit / helmet that would effectively be a sound from the asteroid.
2006-10-21 15:52:06 · answer #3 · answered by Vogon Poet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't make a sound whether there is anyone there or not, because sound is a compression wave in air, and there isn't any air on or surrounding the moon.
2006-10-21 15:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound is vibrations through the air. Since the moon has no air, it would not make a sound.
2006-10-21 15:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if someone was there, they couldn't hear it. You can't hear sound in space because there is no air. Space is a vacuum so you can't hear sound. Movies that have loud explosions in space like star wars are lying to people. Btw I like star wars.
2006-10-21 15:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it does not matter if anyone is there. because sound needs a medium to conduct it, like air.
there is no air between here and there, so there is no sound.
you might hear it by conduction through the ground, though.
2006-10-21 15:48:52 · answer #7 · answered by herman7spooky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. everything makes a sound no matter if anyone is there to hear it. if a drop a bal on glass it will make a sound. no matter if i am not there.
2006-10-21 15:46:45 · answer #8 · answered by catchup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think thats funny at all. Go to your room. And eat raw oysters...lots and lots of raw oysters. Go now.
2006-10-21 15:48:43 · answer #9 · answered by kendra bryn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. it dosent make sound even if there is someone there to hear it
2006-10-21 15:47:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋