Hehe, but animals have ears too. They must interpret sound by sound waves as well. So if there is NO LIFE FORM that can interpret sound waves, then the tree does not make a sound, but other than that, it does, right? It gets a little more complicated when you have things such as bats, insects, worms, etc. Each of these creatures have there own way of "feeling"/"hearing" sound waves. So then would you say that "sound" is ONLY interpretted as by the human ear, or other ways as well?
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Originally posted by Tanzanite:
9)If a tree falls in the middle of the woods and there is none there to hear the tree fall, does the tree still make a sound?
I finally know the answer to a question. My biology professor gave us this question for bonus points on a test.
The answer is no the tree does not make a sound. Soundwaves are interpreted by the middle ear as being a sound if there are no ears to hear it and interpret the sound waves than it did not make a sound. It is like a deaf man standing by the tree his ear is not functioning properly to interpret the sound waves as being noise therefore he would not hear the sound. This is my take on the answer but some of our Biology professors disagree to this day about the answer.
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