Ears & Hearing

What part of your body sends messages from your ears to your brain?

• optic nerve
• auditory nerve
• ear canal
• semi-circular canals

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What unit do we use to measure sound?

• decibels
• inches
• pounds
• centimeters

Sound is caused by ______________.

• vibrations
• light
• the sun

What is the part of your ear you can see called?

• ear drum
• stirrup
• cochlea
• pinna

The ears are the organs of

• hearing

• sight

• touch

• taste

The ear has three parts

• the cochlea, the eardrum and the ear canal

• the outer, middle and inner ear

• the outer ear, earwax and ossicles

When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.

• outer ear and ear canal
• inner ear
• tiny hairs
• three small bones in the middle ear

Which part of the ear acts as the sound collector?

• outer ear
• ear canal
• middle ear
• inner ear

What is #13?

• Eardrum
• Anvil
• Hammer
• Cochlea

What is #19?

• Semicircular Canals
• Ear Canal
• Auditory Nerve
• Cochlea

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8