Ask Tai Why: Silence, no more humans, and the glow of the earth’s core

Tai Asks Why

CBC

Kids & Family

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In this week's bonus segment Ask Tai Why, Tai takes questions from: Penelope Cook, Toronto: Is there such a thing as complete silence? Griff, Yukon: What comes after humans? Finley, Wakefield, Quebec: Does the core of the earth glow?

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0:00.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:05.0	Hey guys, Ty here and it's time for me to answer some of your questions.
0:10.0	Ask why?
0:12.0	Hi Ty, Ty,y. Toy. Toy.
0:14.0	I have a question.
0:17.0	I have a question.
0:18.0	To ask time.
0:20.0	Ask Time on. To play the message press 2.
0:27.0	My name is Kenel to Cook.
0:29.0	I'm calling from Toronto and my question is,
0:32.0	Is this such a thing is complete silence?
0:35.0	Thank you very much for answering my question.
0:38.0	Is there such thing as complete silence? I really love this question. Complete silence.
0:43.0	I really love this question.
0:45.0	I think it's really cool because the thing is I like the answer because it's yes but no
0:52.0	because sound is just like little vibrations in the air or just little vibrations go to our
1:00.8	ear and it has a special little bone that senses the vibrations and it turns those vibrations
1:08.0	through a magical process into whatever we hear, you know? But complete silence would be there would be no vibrations
1:17.3	coming to your ears at all. Now I did my research to be a smart boy. So a quiet house, not too quiet, 40 decibels. A whisper,
1:29.5	dude, what are the answers for the test? 30 decibels.
1:34.0	A radio studio like the great one I'm in?
1:37.0	20 decibels.
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