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Q: What happens when a sound wave reflects off a hard surface?
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What reflects sound waves best?

Any very hard very smooth surface.


What happens when metal strikes a hard surface?

i thing it produces sound?


What ways in which sound behaves like light?

sound is form of energy and sound reflects a hard surface just like light


What is a sound wave that reflects off a hard surface?

An Echo-echo-echo-echo! The answer is Echo


What happens when sound hits an object?

They are either absorbed [softsurface, e.g. wool] or refected [hard surface, e.g. metal]


What happens when sound waves hit a soft surface?

Part of the energy of a sound wave is absorbed when it comes in contact with a surface, and the rest of that energy is reflected. A soft surface (such as carpet) will absorb much more of the sound than a hard surface (concrete), but the hard surface would still absorb some amount of energy.


When a sound wave strikes a smooth hard surface the wave is?

When a sound wave strikes a smooth hard surface the wave bounces off. This means that the wave is deflected.


Is sound reflected when it hits a hard surface?

no. it's absorbed


When a sound wave bounces off a hard surface it can have 2 names?

reflection


What happens to sound it hits an object?

Sound is just a mechanical vibration of the particles which flows in all directions away from the source. It can be reflected from objects or be absorbed...it depends on the type of material, and also its surface - probably a soft material with complicated surface, like wool, or cushion will absorb most of the sound, whereas a hard, compact object with a glazed surface, like glass or concrete, will reflect more.


What happens when you hit a drum hard what sound does it make?

when you hit a drum hard it make echoing sound that brings about dis harmony of the musical instrument


How is sound produced during rain?

it is made by the banging of rain water and the hard surface.