High frequency sound waves hit objects which absorb or reflect the sound waves and then the waves bounce off the objects that reflect the signal (for example rocks on the ocean floor) and return to a sonar receiver. The difference is visible since there will be patches of unreturned signal in certain ares where the signal was absorbed (for example if the waves hit a whale, the blubber may very effectively absorb the signal leaving a blank patch of sonar screen in the shape of a whale)
Sonar
Sonar (SOund NAvigation and Ranging) is used to find objects. Sonar is used to find ships, submarines, mines, and other objects in the Navy. Sonar is used in Medicine to find unusual tumors, organs, and cells. Sonar is used in Geology to find minerals, oil, rock formationsn, and water .
Yes sonar can be used at periscope depth. Surface ships also have sonar arrays on them. They are usually used to detect submarines.
sonar,is used to map mid-ocean ridges:]
Sonar can be used to locate large shoals of fish.
Sonar was used to detect and hunt submarines in WW2
Sonar is used to detect other vessels or ships/submarines through a tube-like device> Andrea
sonar is a device used underwater for locating submerged objects and for submarine communication by means of sound waves.
the Challenger
Most people do not hear the sonar signals used by animals, such as bats or dolphins.
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