How Your Voice is Produced

Compared to your false vocal cords, your true vocal cords are:

• Thicker

• More delicate

• Wider

• More numerous

1. If you didn’t have lips or a tongue, you wouldn’t be able to:

• Make sounds at all

• Yell or Grunt

• Form words

• Breathe properly

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1. Place the following body parts in order, from topmost to bottom-most: A) Larynx; B) Lungs; C) Tongue

• A,B,C

• A,C,B

• C,B,A

• C,A,B

1. Which term best describes the state of your vocal cords when you’re speaking?

• Relaxed

• Taut

• Wide-open

• Motionless

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1. False vocal cords perform the same function as:

• The thick, plastic case that protects a CD or DVD

• A loudspeaker that broadcast sound waves

• A microphone that picks up sound waves

• A musical instrument that vibrates when air passes through it

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1. Your vocal cords need help from your respiratory system to work properly. Which of the following is part of your respiratory system?

• Your blood

• Your heart

• Your stomach

• Your lungs

1. Compared to a singer with a low voice, a singer with a very high voice would have:

• Longer vocal cords

• Thicker vocal cords

• Faster-vibrating vocal cords

• More vocal cords

When you want to make a sound, your vocal cords:

• Vibrate

• Inflate

• Loosen

• Deflate

1. You might use your false vocal cords to make sounds if you’re:

• Whispering as quietly as possible

• Singing loudly

• Shouting for help

• Humming without singing words

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1. The open cavities in your mouth and nose serve the same function as which device?

• The keys on a grand piano

• The strings on a bass guitar

• The amplifier for an electric guitar

• The valves on a trumpet

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