i am sittin in my room and can hear music which i think is from the hotel up the road but it is about a mile away. can wind carry this sound?
2007-05-27 07:40:49 · 8 answers · asked by fran b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A couple different things can cause sound to travel especially well. Both of these are related to refraction - the bending of waves when the speed of the wave changes.
Sound waves travel faster in warmer air. If the temperature of the air near the ground is colder than air higher up, then sound waves traveling slightly upward will bend downward. This tends to "focus" the sound waves back toward the ground and can help amplify the sounds when you are far away.
The same thing happens when the wind is blowing toward you. The wind near the ground tends to move slower and the wind higher up is faster. This also refracts the sound waves back toward the ground. (When you are upwind from the source, the opposite occurs, and the waves tend to refract upward, making the loudness decrease.)
If the sound was carrying especially well, I bet either there was a temperature inversion, or the wind was blowing from the hotel toward you.
2007-05-27 08:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Tim F 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Simple Answer To Your Question Is Yes, However In Space There Is No Air Only A Vacuum Therfore In Space Noone Can Hear You Scream As They Say. If That Is True Of Outer Space Can It Also Be The Same In Cyber Space?
By Far The Best Medium For Transmitting Sound Is Saline Solution. Sound Travels Much Further Across The Oceans, Sea Mamals Communicate Over Vast Distances In This Way.
2007-05-27 08:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by Paul R 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can put it this way. It is air that ' carries' sound. Since wind is moving air, yes, wind can trasmit sound. Air is a medium which can transmit sound waves until their intensity dies down. And yes, you can hear it also because the sound emitted is between the frequency range of 20 Hz to 20000Hz.
2007-05-27 07:47:40 · answer #3 · answered by Sriram A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound moves through the air and wind is moving air. Yes.
2007-05-27 07:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
EVERY SINCE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE I CAN HEAR ANGELS SINGING AISO I HEAR RADIO STATIONS PLAYING AND BY REALLY CONCENTRATING I CHANGE THE STATIONS 3 TO 5 DIFFERENT ONES IN A DAY BUT MOST SUPRIZING WHEN I HEAR A SONG FROM LONG AGO I COULD NOT POSSIBLY NO THE WORDS TO AND FIND IT IN HISTORY ON INTERNET DOES ANYONE ESLE ?
2015-03-31 22:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by Tim Jamison 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed of sound is about 340 meter/sec.We know that this very big,hug quantity.None of one thing oly rockets may reach it.
2007-05-27 08:21:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carries all the songs of your soul..
2007-05-27 07:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by sugarsugar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let's try.... SHUT THE F*** UP!!!!!!!!!!! Did you hear that??
2016-04-01 10:53:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋