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

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

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

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

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