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What is echo location?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 12/10/2022

Echolocation is the ability to locate objects by bouncing sound waves off of them, and then measuring the time taken for an echo to return and calculating the direction the echo came from.

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∙ 15y ago

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What is the difference between sonar and echo location?

Sonar location is in the water and echo location is in the air.

Which animal uses echo location?

Bats use echo location, they track down sounds of prey by their sound waves.

What is another word for echo location?

echo sounding, localization

How do whales use echo location?

They don't.

What sound do bats do when hunting?

"Echo-Location" .

What kinds of waves do bats send out to find food?

A bat uses echo location to see where it is going, a bat can see through its eyes, but it uses echo location.

How do bats catch their food with there ears?

Echo-location.

What animal uses echo location to hear?

a bat does

Why do dolphins echo location work?

so you understand

What helps bat see in the dark?

echo location is where you can hear from faraway in a certain location

How does echo location help a bat?

A bat is not blind, but it flies in the evening, and lives in a dark cave. So it needs echo location to find it's way around and catch insects.

How does a beluga whale get its food?

bye echo location daa