4 example in a 4 storey building, some kids are shouting and screaming and all.Is the noise louder or more distinct on the 4th storey thanthe 1st storey? Please give helpful links.
2007-10-06 19:36:10 · 7 answers · asked by ♫ Netz Squirrel ♫ 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
guys!!! I need the links!!!
2007-10-06 19:49:35 · update #1
Sound travels as vibrations in ALL directions.
Will ppl stop posting myths that sounds travel up???
2007-10-07 00:23:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noise travels up, but your example does not work very well.
When talking about differences of one story, noise from below, such as voices is normally heard as louder than noise from above (except pounding on the floor) because of the difference in distances and materials. The carpet on the floor above and the fact that people are 4-5-6 feet tall and the ceiling is several feet up in your place means the sound is subdued before getting to the floor and further subdued by the floor.
Sound from below is commonly not subdued on the other side of the floor (hard ceiling) and comes through at full strength to perhaps be subdued by your carpet, but you may be seated or laying down and be within 2-4 feet of the floor and hear it better.
2007-10-06 19:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether it is louder on the 4th or 1st storey depends on where the sound is coming from. Sound travels in every direction from a point of source but diminishes proportional to the square of the distance from the source.
2007-10-06 19:41:38 · answer #3 · answered by Wooly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sound, like light, and any thing else that has waves, travels in all directions FOREVER. yes forever, they keep traveling, only getting weaker and weaker. Gravity may have some effect on sound moving down faster than up, but little if any.
2007-10-06 19:39:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Warm air rises. Therefore sound rises too, because sound agitates molecules of air, and that agitation causes the air to warm up and rise. Of course, there are other factors that dissipate the sound waves eg any obstruction that either dampens or absorbs the sound; or directs or reflects the sound.
2015-12-05 20:27:06 · answer #5 · answered by Mike S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by noise i assume you mean sound and it is capable of travelling in any direction at all as long as there is no obsruction,,,, depending on the scource; it can be directional as from a speaker or omni directional such as a sonic boom
2007-10-06 22:09:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, as noise travels out it gets fainter
2007-10-06 19:39:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋