2007-03-29 09:30:38 · 23 answers · asked by Duncan M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Actually it depends on your definition of "sound".
2007-03-29 09:33:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way that we (as regular people not scientists) think of sound, is that sound is something that is HEARD. So if you are defining sound in that way, then no...it does not make a sound. The connection between the sound waves and someones ears was not completed.
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 even vibrations that travel through all forms of matter. So in that case, yes a sound is made.
2007-03-29 10:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by kc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do people keep asking this question? I must have seen it at least three hundred times in the last little while.
A sound will happen whether or not anyone hears it. To think that there would not be a sound if noone hears is is ego in the 'nth' degree.
2007-03-30 09:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Eventhough nobody is there to observe the sound. A tree falling to the ground would definately make some noise.
2007-03-29 09:34:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The falling tree makes sound. Sound doesn't have to be heard to exist.
2007-03-29 09:34:09 · answer #5 · answered by Craig L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of coure it made noise. Just because no one heard it doen't mean there wasn't a sound. A tree is hard and solid. Also, if the tree wasn't so big, the noise probably wouldn't have been so great.
2007-03-29 12:40:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sound being an organized vibration of air (gaseous) molecules: yes; a sound being a perception by a human bean, then by your statement "no-one", NO. Somewhere-in-between, what if an ANIMAL is there to hear it? Do plants hear? Insects?
2007-03-29 09:35:37 · answer #7 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm yes. If a hurricane hits and destroys the port does it make a sound?? Yes! Just becuz ur not there to hear it doesnt mean that it doesnt make a sound. Geez ur so self-centered!!
2007-03-29 09:34:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it falls on the planet earth, then yes. Even if noone hears it.
2007-03-29 09:33:53 · answer #9 · answered by Dead Dog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to ask Noone, obviously he heard it. If Noone weren't there, and the forest had no other population, then you might think that no one heard it.
2007-03-29 09:34:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are sound waves. But if there is no one to hear it with an ear, then there is no sound, only the sound waves.
2007-03-29 13:17:51 · answer #11 · answered by fatboycool 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋