2007-03-06 16:54:07 · 7 answers · asked by chcman74 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Actually the answer depends on what you mean by "sound". Scientifically, sound is pressure waves in air, and exists whether it is detected or not. However, if you mean by "sound" that which is heard by the ear only, then if there is no ear there is no sound. This was a philosophical question before the nature of sound was discovered.
2007-03-06 17:01:51 · answer #1 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The old "it doesn't make a sound unless someone hears it" wive's tale is a retarded myth. OF COURSE it makes a sound, because in science we can make common sense assumptions based on given data. Has anyone ever seen the Big Bang? No. So does that mean the Big Bang never happened? No, it did happen. Given data we collect, we can ascertain it did happen.
Since we assume the forest has air, and sound travels through a medium like air, then unless we have evidence to show there was a temporary time-space break in the area around the tree that caused it to have no atmosphere and only a vacuum, then YES we expect that it did make a sound.
Any teacher who says anything to the contrary is retarded, frankly.And besides, most trees are cut down nowadays so someone is there to hear it. But then again the saws are blaring at such a high dB that no one hears it even then. Space-time continuums are odd that way. In fact, Bigfoot is known to frequent these zones, but since Bigfoot is deaf, it still doesn't make a sound.
2007-03-07 00:59:28 · answer #2 · answered by bloggerdude2005 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does it make a sound? No. It's a tree. It can't make noise on
it's own -- ever. Wind makes the leaves rustle, animals make
twigs fall. Animals can voluntarily make noise with vocal chords,
etc. Unless someone out there can hear xylem flow, a tree cannot
make a sound.
But if the aforementioned tree does somehow fall, a sound WILL be
made. The air around will vibrate, and soundwaves will be
produced. Though the tree did not make a sound, the crash did.
2007-03-07 01:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by Meli 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is one of the popular questions for philosophy. There is no right or wrong answer, but wrong section!
2007-03-07 00:58:24 · answer #4 · answered by Brian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it's common sense,it still makes sound only u can't hear it then.
2007-03-07 01:04:33 · answer #5 · answered by robert KS LEE. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-03-07 01:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dumbest question ever
2007-03-07 01:02:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋