Cell Division

[Orleander]

Do cells make any sound when they divide?

 

[Vkothii]

Everything "makes" a sound. Crystals make sounds. The planet makes sounds, so do stars. Sound is a form of energy (vibrational motion of atoms, molecules, bits of matter) that is interconvertible, or commutative.

Check out what the word "phonon" means.

 

[Orleander]

so is it a high pitched squeal? Or a humming?

 

[Vkothii]

You would have to find an example of a recording - think about how someone might (these days) record the sounds of cell division (or any cellular noises).
But sound (vibration) is equivalent to heat (radiation). Did you get to "understand" what a phonon is yet, or that things vibrate in modes - eigenmodes?

 

[Aivar]

Hmm... imagine a bunch of water (cell plasm is mostly water, right?, and stuff moving through it. It should sound similiar.

 

[Orleander]

oh, squishy.

 

[cosmictraveler]

Do cells make any sound when they divide?

They usually complain very loudly and ask for addition instead!