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A very complicated process of turning waves into sound occurs in your ears
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Why do we hear thunder some seconds after seeing the lightning?
In simple terms... light travels much faster than sound. We see the lightning flash first, followed by the sound when it finally reaches us
Why do you see a clap before you hear it?
Because the light that brings the view to your eyes travels about 875,000 times faster, and reaches you sooner, than the sound that brings the sound to your ears. If the event is anywhere more than maybe a hundred feet from you, then you can begin to perceive the difference.
What strange thing happens to this plane in a faster-than-sound flight?
As an aircraft reaches the speed of sound, shock waves build up, creating increase in drag, loss of lift, and loss of control and a sonic explosion is heard.
Why do you always see lightning first before we hear thunder?
Lightning is caused by a build-up of static electricity between raindrops. Eventually, enough builds-up, and it is discharged towards earth. Thunder is the noise caused by such a huge force, it is heard after the lightning is seen because light travels faster than sound.
What sound can make your ears bleed?
High pitched noises
What happens to sound when a person covers their ears with their hands?
Sounds waves do not enter our ears
Why you could not locate the source of sound inside sea?
We locate the direction of a sound because the sound reaches one of your ears before it reaches the other. Under the sea, the speed of sound is several times faster than in the air; this will make the time difference too small - apart from the fact that it confuses our brain, if we do detect a slight difference.We locate the direction of a sound because the sound reaches one of your ears before it reaches the other. Under the sea, the speed of sound is several times faster than in the air; this will make the time difference too small - apart from the fact that it confuses our brain, if we do detect a slight difference.We locate the direction of a sound because the sound reaches one of your ears before it reaches the other. Under the sea, the speed of sound is several times faster than in the air; this will make the time difference too small - apart from the fact that it confuses our brain, if we do detect a slight difference.We locate the direction of a sound because the sound reaches one of your ears before it reaches the other. Under the sea, the speed of sound is several times faster than in the air; this will make the time difference too small - apart from the fact that it confuses our brain, if we do detect a slight difference.
Why lights is visible before thundering?
The speed of light is faster than the speed of sound. Lightning and thunder happen at the same time, but the light reaches your eyes before the sound reaches your ears.
What sound does a saxophone make before it reaches the ears?
From the standpoint of quantum physics, there is no sound until there is an observer, so based on that, the answer would be none.
What is the explosive sound heard when a shock wave from an object traveling faster than the speed of sound reaches the ears of a person?
A sonic boom
What Property of sound depends on the amount of energy a sound wave has as it reaches our ears?
I don't understand your questions. I know that our ear drums and the microphone diaphragms are moved directly by the sound pressure p, that is a sound field quantity. Forget the sound energy quantities when you talk about ears.
What does alto saxophone sound like?
The Alto Saxophone is a rich and lovely sound wich echoes but iit can hurt a dogs ears when it reaches an extremly high pich noise.
What happens to a noise if there is no air?
All noise I is vibrations in the air, and your ears feel these vibrations and translate them into sound. So no air = no sound
How do humans perceive the difference between a sound directly in front or behind them if in both cases the sound reaches both ears simultaneously?
We are able to determine the direction the sound came from when the sound vibrates certain parts of the eardrum, causing our brain to determine the direction the sound came from.
What happens to the ear drum as the sound gets louder?
if you have a sound and its not bothering you but if it comes louder and louder this is what you need 2 do you have to move an dmake sure you ears are not enfected ----
What molecules enable us to hear sound?
The loudness of a sound depends on the intensity of the sound stimulus. A dynamite explosion is loader than that of a cap pistol because of the greater amount of air molecules the dynamite is capable of displacing. After the sound stimulus reaches our ears, it vibrates the eardrum and converts this into sound.
What is the persistance of hearing?
When a sound reaches our ears,the ear drum vibrates for 0.1 of a second.This helps us to get a 'feeling of continuity'.This feature of human ear is called persistence of hearing.
