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Why you see a distant event before you hear it?
Because the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. Therefore, when the light from that event reaches your eyes, you see it. Then later, the sound from the event reaches your ears, and you hear it. Basically it's just because light travels faster than sound.
When a firework is sent high into the air do you hear the bang first or see the light first?
the light, light travels faster than speed :) ami
Why does lightning first?
The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound, therefore you see lightning first during a thunderstorm, then you hear the thunder. *yikes!* :) ilovecatz1234
Would you hear thunder or see lighting first?
Even though the lightning and thunder occur at roughly the same time, you would see a distant strike before you would hear it, because the light travels to you about 882 thousand times as fast as the sound does.
Can you see thunder or lightning?
You see lighting and hear thunder.
If you see lightning first and hear thurnder later what does that mean?
It just means that light travels faster than sound does :)
Why you see the fighter plane first but hear the plane later?
Because it is travelling faster than the speed of sound, the sound comes later. However, if a fighter plane was slower than the speed of sound, you'd see the plane first.
What two physics mistakes occur when you see and hear an explosion from outer space in movies?
1.that you see the explosion and hear it at the same time , while you should see first and here it later. 2.that sometimes there is smoke which immposible since there is no air.
What does the brain register first- visual or audio information?
I think your brain processes visual information first because you naturally see things before you hear them. Like when you see a person hit a pitch, you see it but and instant later you hear the "crack". That has to do with light traveling faster than sound.
How do you answer See You Later?
Not if I see you first.
How does Brian see and hear differently from when he first crashed in the lake in the book hatchet?
how does brian see and hear diffrently from when he first crashedin the lake in the book hatchet
Explosion-do you see it first and then hear it?
You FIRST see it, then you HEAR it. The time delay depends on your distance from the source of the explosion. The explanation, light travels faster than sound.
Was Scrooge happy or sad that he stayed at the party?
This is his first Christmas party when employed with Fezziwig. It was the very first time that Scrooge had been in an environment where Christmas was celebrated, we see and hear of his reaction when revisited with the Ghost of Christmas mas Past.
Is picking up iron filings with a magnet a chemical reaction?
No, a chemical reaction is when the atoms are not mixed together but chemical bonded together. You know when a chemical reaction has happened when you can smell, hear or see things reacting.
Why do you want to cry every time you hear or see something sad?
You cry every time because it is a human reaction
What would happen first hear a gun shot or see a gun shot?
See it- speed of light, then hear it- speed of sound is MUCH slower.
If you g and hear a siren coming what should you do?
If you hear a siren there is nothing you can do though if you see them first cover your ears
