A cat can hear sound frequencies up to 70,000hz. Bats send and recieve ultrahigh-frequency squeaks up to 120,000hz. which hears sound of shorter wavelegnths, cats or bats?
Is this a trick question?
2007-02-22 16:19:17 · 3 answers · asked by Bayslappers 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I guess it's too obvious that bats can hear shorter wavelengths, but that's the correct answer.
2007-02-22 16:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hearing wave lengths of bats......................................
that big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) first spot a three-quarter-inch (19-millimeter) sphere at 16.5 feet (5 meters) or 128,009.962hz in a place
hearing wave lengths of cats
cats can hear 70,211.897hz in a place
THIS means that cat hears sounds in shorter wavelengths
2007-02-23 00:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by Philip@your SeRvIcE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lambda = speed of sound / frequency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength
2007-02-23 00:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋