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human
When you drop a pebble in water, you hear a sound wave, and you see ripples along the surface. Is the distance between the ripples on the surface the same as the wavelength of the sound wave?
gpt
What you hear is the soundwave as it travels through air. So it will have a different wavelength vs. traveling through water.

The waves you see are not indicative of the sound's wavelength. It is a physical reaction to the pebble breaking the water's surface and displacing water in a cycle.