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Sound moves faster and further in water than air, so it would seem like it must have something to do with the receiver.
I'm guessing, but I'd guess it's because the eardrum evolved to hear sounds in air. Underwater you don't hear using the eardrum, you hear by way of bone conduction which apparently doesn't let you hear normal sounds as well as the air/eardrum method.
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Why we can hear sounds better in air then we can underwater.?
Because water conducts sound waves much better than air does.
Why can we hear sounds better in air than we can underwater?
because the water is a liquid and air is a gas. so you can hear way clearer in the air because it wanders around and when it's in water it doesn't.it's like a solid but absorbs the sound Sound waves travel faster in water than in the air and their is less attenuation (loss of loudness) for the same distance traveled so it sounds differently to the ear where we re used to hearing noises through air. Also their may still be some air in the ear canal and the sound waves switching from water to air (in the ear) to the ear drum can result in distortion.
Can you make sounds without air?
Yes you can make sound without air, because sound can travel through all the forms of matter, gases, liquid, solid, and plasma. If you submerged yourself underwater, you'd still be able to hear sound.
Does sound travels through air?
We are in air, and we can hear each other. Thus, sound can travel in air.Yes. A sound wave can travel through air (gases), liquids, and solids.
Can sound created in air travel through water?
Yes. When you're underwater in the pool, you can hear the lifeguard's whistle. The vibrations in air do set up vibrations in the water when they hit the surface.
Why can you hear sounds better in air than underwater?
because air is thiner and water has monicules
Why we can hear sounds better in air then we can underwater.?
Because water conducts sound waves much better than air does.
What allows us to hear sounds underwater?
The soundwaves caused by sounds made underwater, disrupts the water molecules causing them to vibrate. These vibrations hit our ear drum and is processed into our brain as sounds, but since the vibrations in water are slower then vibrations in air the sounds sound more obsure then if it were not in water.
How do whales hear soundwaves?
Whales can generally only hear sounds that are made underwater. They have very good ears, because they 'talk' to each other using grunts and squeals over long distances. Sound waves travel extremely well in water . . . much better than in the air.
How do we here sounds?
We do not "here" sounds, that is the wrong word. you "hear" sounds. We hear them through our ears which are sensitive to vibrations in the air.
Why does sound sometimes refract under water?
Our ears are designed to hear sounds traveling through air. When these sounds are made underwater, they travel at slower speeds, causing them to bounce off surfaces differently and sound differently.
Why can we hear sounds better in air than we can underwater?
because the water is a liquid and air is a gas. so you can hear way clearer in the air because it wanders around and when it's in water it doesn't.it's like a solid but absorbs the sound Sound waves travel faster in water than in the air and their is less attenuation (loss of loudness) for the same distance traveled so it sounds differently to the ear where we re used to hearing noises through air. Also their may still be some air in the ear canal and the sound waves switching from water to air (in the ear) to the ear drum can result in distortion.
How do hear sounds?
your eardrums take in vibrations from the air...
Frogs have ears on the side of their heads what can they hear underwater?
Sounds, which are nothing more than vibrations, can actually be heard better and further underwater than in air. So I would think frog's ears would be useful both underwater and sitting on land, to detect noise/vibrations of predators and to detect mates.
Can a swimmer hear the boat sound under the water?
I live on a lake and swim quite often. When you go underwater and a boat goes by a 1/4 mile away, you can distinctly hear the prop and engine whirring. Also, the boat sounds much closer and louder than it does above water because sound travels better in water than in air. This is because it is more dense than air.
How do you make and hear sounds?
you make sounds with your voice. You blow air, and add some of your voice too. This is called 'speaking'.You also hear sounds with your ears.
Do Blue Whales jump in to the air?
Blue whales belong to the group Mysticeti, or the baleen whales, and typically produce sounds in the frequency of 10 Hz to over 30 kHz, which is well within the range of human hearing. The problem with hearing underwater sounds in the air, however, lies in the fact that to hear the sound in the air, the underwater sound waves must efficiently cross from the dense water into the much less dense air.Sound is made up of vibrations within a medium, whether that be water or air. Underwater sounds vibrate water molecules, but for those underwater sounds to carry through the air, the vibrating water molecules must transfer their energy to air molecules. The problem with hearing underwater sounds in the air is that the water is rarely still, so that the energy of the underwater sound wave is dissipated, or spread out, over the surface of the water and results in the sound being lost to the waves.If the water were perfectly still, however, the surface of the water may act as a very inefficient membrane (much like a speaker) to transfer the underwater sound waves to the air, but even then the sound would be very distorted due to the inefficiency of the transfer.
