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Describe what happens when ripples on a pond encounter a large rock in the water?
Ripples on a pond who encounter a large rock in the water will reflect off the rock. The medium for a ripple in a pond is the water.
Can you make a sound inaudible by another sound with the same frequency?
The same frequency and the same amplitude but inverse. This would be a tricky accomplishment, not sure if it can be done perfectly but I'm sure it can be done partially. To visualize this, you can throw rocks in a pond and watch the ripples and imagine two ripples the same size and frequency but of opposite polarity (that is, the peak of one ripple hits the trough of the other ripple such that they cancel each other out). If you have a method of doing this perfectly, please let me know (we could get very rich ;-) TommyTrouble
Why do sound waves travel in spheres rather than in circles much like a ripple in a pond?
Because they are unconstrained. That is, the ripples on the water surface are constrained to be on the surface of the water by their very nature: that is, a ripple is by definition a disturbance on the surface of the water. Since the surface of the water is flat, then the ripples cannot be spherical and they must instead assume the 2D intersection of the sphere which is commonly known as a "circle. " In fact, "sound" waves can travel through water and these are distinct from ripples. Like their airborne counterparts, subsurface sound waves also propagate spherically -- they travel in 3 dimensions because they can and they are not constrained by anything to propagate in merely 2 D.
What is the difference between a sound wave and a radio wave?
Sound wave A sound wave needs something to allow it to spread. Air, water, solids etc. This is known as a 'medium' and sound waves need a medium in order to propagate. These waves are known as 'longitudinal' waves. Analogy This is similar to a line of traffic being hit by a fast moving truck failing to stop. The resulting wave of collisions move. through the line until t reaches the first car. Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum such as in space and many Hollywood movies make this mistake. Radio Waves These can travel through the air or the vacuum of space so they do not need a medium. They are generally transverse waves like ripples on a pond radiating from the transmitter
What are mediums of sounds?
A medium is an object that has something flowing through it. For sound it could be water, air or even solid like a wall. Remember sound is a wave, like water waves when you drop a stone in a pond, it is the exact same principle the waves being the sound and the water being the medium. Hope this helped!
If a tree falls and hits your car does it make a sound?
Yes, it makes a sound. A sound does not have to be recorded, by the ear or a recording device, to have happened. Such things are called axiomatic and are self evident. Example: If a blind man throws a pebble into a pond, does the pond ripple?
What is the difference between and pond and a lake?
A pond is a smaller Lake.
What is the difference between a pond and a swimming pool?
a pond is smaller
What is the difference between a pond and a swamp?
pond is small and a swamp is big.
What is one difference between a lake and a pond?
The lake is bigger than the pond.
How is a change in an ecosystem like the ripple after a stone is thrown in a pond?
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What is the difference between English from England and Australian English?
Left pond, right pond.
What is the difference between a pond and a creek?
nothing. they are the same thing.
A sentence for meditative?
"Watching the water ripple in the pond put the boy into a meditative state."
Is ripple an adjective?
No, it is a verb. To ripple. You can't' say ' the man was very rippled', but you can say 'The angry boy rippled the water from his constant splashing.'Ripple is also a noun.We watched the ripples on the pond.
Describe what happens when ripples on a pond encounter a large rock in the water?
Ripples on a pond who encounter a large rock in the water will reflect off the rock. The medium for a ripple in a pond is the water.
Are a river and pond the same?
What's the difference between ponds and lakes?
