does anyone know if we can see sound waves?

Question

does anyone know if we can see sound waves and if we can how? if u dont then msybe u know of a website then can help me.

Answer 1

Sound waves can be heared but cannot be seen, only light and colors are seen. We can only see the motions, oscillations and vibrations on the objects caused by sound waves.♥

Check out these links:
http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/waves/soundwav.htm
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/sound/u11l1a.html
http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/waves/soundwav.htm

Answer 2

Sound waves are the result of differences in air pressure, so we can't see them directly any more than we can see wind.

However, one way to -visualize- sound waves would be to use a microphone to convert the differences in pressure to an electrical signal. The electrical signal could then be observed on an oscilloscope (which is essentially the same tool that hospitals use to monitor a patient's heart beat).

Answer 3

Humans perceive sound by the sense of hearing. By sound, we commonly mean the vibrations that travel through air and can be heard by humans. However, scientists and engineers use a wider definition of sound that includes low and high frequency vibrations in air that cannot be heard by humans, and vibrations that travel through all forms of matter, gases, liquids and solids. The matter that supports the sound is called the medium. Sound propagates as waves of alternating pressure, causing local regions of compression and rarefaction. Particles in the medium are displaced by the wave and oscillate.
The speed at which sound travels depends on the medium through which the waves are passing, and is often quoted as a fundamental property of the material. In general, the speed of sound is proportional to the square root of the ratio of the stiffness of the medium and its density. Those physical properties and the speed of sound change with ambient conditions. For example, the speed of sound in air and other gases depends on temperature. In air, the speed of sound is approximately 345 ms-1, in water 1500 ms-1 and in a bar of steel 5000 ms-1
Sound in the air is invisible because the air is. When you can see vibrations caused by sound its is not the sound that you can see but rather the medium resonating.
The only way to see sound in its real from is through a computer interpretation, by recording it with microphones in air or hydrophones in water, and displaying it with a graphical representation.

Answer 4

We can not see sound. The cochlea in the ear have tiny fibers that vibrate when hit by certain frequencies of sound and passes that info on to the brain. The eyes pick up light frequencies on the retina and pass that on to the brain. They are 2 different types of waves and 2 different types of receivers.

Answer 5

HI, I don't believe you can see sound wave per-say. However, you may be able to see the affect that sound wave can give off.

Good question.

Answer 6

the sound waves have some corresponding with the colors and shape.There is a machine for blind people abd they can see the picture with the sound scan.The picture is scanned with the soundwaves and they can perfectly determine the picture however they cannot express the color.To sum up..Ä°t is possible to see sounds.in case of geometry

Answer 7

Ocean waves and sound waves have a lot in common, although sound waves are a lot harder to see. (Check out the "Seeing Sound" activity in Dr. D's Lab if you want to see sound waves.)

Answer 8

There's probably some instruments that can detect sound waves and generate visual representation using computer on video screens.

Answer 9

waves travel in a medium...
if you see a medium vibrating, and you hear sound, then you see sound waves...

Answer 10

i dont think we can see sound waves lol