My science teacher tells me that light and sound are of the same wave length. This statement spurred on a few questioins such as: If that is so, and if at a certain point you stop hearing sound or seeing light.. does it eventually turn into the other? Will sound at a certain point (unobservable, obviously) turn into light? Could we see... sound?

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wolfe8 · Answer

Welcome to OpenStudy. I think light waves are much smaller than sounds waves though. But to entertain the curiosity, I would say no since they are different types of waves.

anonymous · Answer

That makes much more sense than beeing able to see sound. I'm pretty positive that is impossible, but the enire class period was taken up trying to answer this one quesion.

anonymous · Answer

So thank you.

wolfe8 · Answer

I'm thinking, if you want to see with your eyes, then no, because our eyes are designed to see light waves and only at certain wavelengths at that. But technically, a detector have always been able to 'see' sound as impulses(or something else). Hope I helped you. Do take time to read our CoC: http://openstudy.com/code-of-conduct and enjoy your stay. If you are satisfied with any question, please reward a medal to whoever you think deserves it and close the question. We also have a fan and testimony system. See you around :)