if a tree falls in the middle of the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
aha....technically it does!
but hm....if theres no1 around...no1 ever herad that sound...
plus sound can be in many forms...like mabhy an alien cant hear our sounds so there would be no sound at all =)
hm...its on ur point of veiw actually!
When the tree falls it collides with the ground and releases energy in the forms of waves that move the air. This is called sound. No matter what you say, it still makes sound.
[center]Even if noone's around to hear it... it will still cause a sound. Don't get all philosophical on us. Try gettin' physical on this, and you'll answer your own question.[/center]
Depends on your definition of sound (I think he alread ygot the answer he needed anyway)
QUOTE("dictionary.com")
Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
No sound
QUOTE("dictionary.com")
Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
Sound.
Yes VERY IMPORTANT indeed.
Anyways yes it does make a sound but just there is just no one to hear it. It will still make a sound.
[center]Everything makes a sound, as long as there's air around for it to make waves in. Even just a single little atom CAN make a sound, just the human ear can't hear alot of the sounds around. If your definition of sound depends on if someone's around to HEAR it, you're an idiot. Sound is all around you, but you may not hear it.[/center]
Yeah man, Larry fell down last week and he still wont shut up about it!
lol
"plus sound can be in many forms...like mabhy an alien cant hear our sounds so there would be no sound at all =)"
Not true. There would be sound, they just wouldn't know it. A dog whistle makes sound, even though humans can't hear it. It's just out of human frequencies, so the most a human would be able to detect is to feel the sound, like when the bass on a loud speaker is turned high. But that's impractical.
And you know what? The only way for something to not make sound is for it to be at absolute zero. Anything above that means it's moving, atlweast slowly, and since sound is movement, it is creating sound. If it's in space, then it's still creating sound; it's just that to hear it, you would need it close enough to your ear that it shakes the innards.