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What is it called when bats, whales, and dolphins emit sound waves and interpret the reflect sound waves as a means to locate objects?
Victor Aparicio-Rami...
Sonar is a system that locates objects by transmitting sound waves and detecting the waves when they are reflected off of objects. Bats and many other animals, such as whales and dolphins, use natural sonar to navigate and capture
Leone Wisozk
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What is it called when objects reflect light?
reflection
What the objects are called that don't reflect light?
Opaque
What do dolphins use to locate objects?
Something called echo-location
Science of unearthing and interpreting objects from past societies are?
Scientists that unearth and interpret objects from past societies are called archaeologists.
What is the process of detecting objects by bouncing sounds off of them is called?
its called echolocation or sonar. bats do it and so do dolphins
What is the process of detecting objects by bouncing sounds off of them called?
its called echolocation or sonar. bats do it and so do dolphins
The ability to reflect sound to identify objects is called?
echolocation
Why do opaque objects have color?
the substances that are called opaque reflect light by whch they gain colour
Why do some objects appear brown?
Brown objects reflect som light in the yellowish/orangish part of the spectrum. "dirty" orange is called "brown".
What do you called a group a dolphins?
a group of dolphins is called a school of dolphins.
What is an objects ability to reflect sunlight called?
Reflectivity, index of refraction and optical density are all ways to measure reflective light.
How do pink dolphins navigate through the water?
They find their way by sending out high-pitched sounds (at a level too high for humans to hear). The dolphins then listen for the returning echoes as they bounce off objects. This is called "echolocation", and it lets dolphins know what is around them.
