why do different objects make different sounds when dropped on the floor?

Answer 1

The thing you drop vibrates at different speeds due to the physical make up of the thing you dropped. For example, wood vibrates differently than metal and even two different metal things will vibrate differently depeding on their mass and materials.

The vibrations make soundwaves that you hear as different tones

Answer 2

It all boils down to density, take tin it's light and when it hits the ground it's sound is high pitched and light, where if you drop a loaf of bread on the ground it makes a thud sound deep and dins
So one could say Mass, volume and material make the differences in pitch or sound of impact.

Answer 3

They have different 'preferred' or resonant frequencies, depending on their shape, size, elasticity, and the angle at which they strike a surface.

In general, small objects, or parts of objects make a higher frequency sound.

Answer 4

Because all the objects have a natural frequency

Answer 5

it depends upon their type of collision.
may be on the frequencies of the objects.
the way things are dropped on the ground.

there are many factors responsible for the sound produced.
good luck.

Answer 6

they resonate different frequencies because of the material of the object, length, width, diameter, hollow or solid etc

Answer 7

materials... frequencies... sure!
But it also depends on how they fall:
if you throw the poor thing real hard, it will make a bigger "ouch" than if you gently lay it on a soft surface...
(because of the emotional energy coming out of it)

Answer 8

size does matter,weight,whatit is made of,and if it's hollow or not

Answer 9

They have different personalities.
Duh!...

Answer 10

depending what material they are made from