If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?

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science question if you think really hard and just dont go to the obveious then it may be confusing!

Answer 1

According to my psych professor...

"The falling tree certainly does produce alternating bands of compressed and less dense air molecules that travel in waves; whether you are close enough to allow these waves to be directed by your pinna to vibrate your eardrum is another question entirely"

Answer 2

Actually, they say that it does not make a sound. A sound is vibrations travelling into the ear, so if there is no ear for the vibrations to enter, than technically it does not make a sound.

Answer 3

Of course it does

Answer 4

The trick here is not to think hard.  How could a tree fall silently?  It couldn't, of course!

There is nothing confusing or mysterious about this question.

Answer 5

If a falling tree makes a sound when someone IS around to hear it, then why in the world would it all of the sudden NOT make a sound just because no one is around to hear it?

Does a person's absence somehow hinder sound waves?

But if you really want to know for sure, then go find some deaf guy, give him a tape recorder, and send him out into the woods.

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Answer 7

Of course it wud make a sound even if it's not heard.

Answer 8

yes because sound is basically waves and waves travel whether or not it goes to your ear.

Answer 9

Argg this question annoys me so much. Just because no one is around to hear it, it doesn't mean it doesn't make a sound. It's like saying if you're dog is barking at home and no one is there to hear it does it make a sound....like obviously it does we just aren't there at the time.