As the sound wave travels out from the source, the same amount of energy is covering a bigger and bigger area, so there is less energy per square inch. (In particular, less energy in the square inch reaching your eardrum.)
Imagine the energy as a lump of clay. When a sound wave is only 6 inches (15cm) from the source, the clay has to cover the *surface* of a radius 6in ball, and the clay can be clumped on pretty thick. But as the sound travels outward to 60in (= 5ft =~ 150cm), that same amount of clay now has to cover the surface of the much bigger ball, so it will have to be very thin.
Geometry tells us that the surface area of a sphere is proportional to the radius *squared*. This means that as you get twice as far away from a sound, only a *quarter* of the original energy reaches you. If you get ten times further away (like in the example above), then only a *hundredth* of the original energy reaches you.
[The human ear/brain is sensitive though; half the energy doesn't necessarily mean the brain interprets it as half as loud; the ear/brain has more of a logarithmic response: half the energy is like turning the volume knob down one notch; a sixteenth of the energy is like turning it down four notches. Decibels are units that measure the *logarithm* of the energy, which is why they are suitable units for talking about human hearing.]
Louder or fainter means more intense or less intense of sound vibrations respectively.Intensity in turn is the energy per unit area.Imagine the source of sound to be at the centre of a sphere. When you are far away then the radius of the sphere would be larger and thus the surface area of the sphere also becomes larger.As the energy given out by the source of sound is divided by larger area to get the intensity its value becomes lesser. Hence fainter.Ear drums and microphone diaphragms are moved by sound pressure.Note: Sound power (sound intensity) is the cause - and the sound pressure is the effect. The effect is of particular interest to the sound engineer.Another Perspective:The intensity (loudness) of sound decreases with the square of the distance from the source.
840,000 is closer as 281 away 830,000 is further 9,719 away
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An infinite number. Draw one and then keep moving its parallel side further and further away. And you did not even look at the trapeziums that could be generated by varying the length of that side.
They spread out, reducing the energy per unit of surface.
Echoes get fainter because each time the sound wave reflects off a surface, it loses some energy due to absorption, scattering, and dispersion. This energy loss causes the echo to decrease in intensity as it repeatedly bounces off surfaces and travels further away from the source.
Most sounds will scare a mouse away. Loud sounds or bird sounds are two sounds that are great at scaring mice away.
Stars are nothing more than individual sun's just further away. If the star we call the sun was further away, it would appear as a star in the night sky.The stars shine all day and all night (same as our sun) but because the light from our sun is so strong (due to the relative closeness) the light of the further away stars are blocked during the day time. At night, when the sun's light is not visible, we will be able to make out the fainter light of the stars.You can experience the same at night by watching a faint light down the road. When a car with bright front lights approaches the fainter light will be more difficult (or impossible) to see until the car has passed by, and you will again be able to make out the fainter light against the dark surfaces.
lines fainter in second orderand the lines are further apart :)
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Further Away was created in 1996-10.
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No. The further you get away the colder.
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This is because the waves fade as they get further away from the epicentre.