Detecting Sound Quiz

The outer ear include:

• The pinna, the auditory canal, and the eardrum.

• The ossicles (hammer, anvil, and stirrup)

• The inner ear: The cochlea, the semi-circular canals

Parts of the inner ear are:

• The ossicles (hammer, anvil, and stirrup)

• The cochlea, the semi-circular canals

• The pinna, the auditory canal, and the eardrum.

The ossicles are bones that are called

• Hammer

• Stirrup

• Anvil

• All of them

The ossicles _______ and transmit vibrations to the oval window of the inner ear

·       The cochlea is a spiral-shaped chamber in the inner ear filled with fluid.

• TRUE

• FALSE

·       An increase of 10 dB is a ______ increase in sound intensity.

• Tenfold

• Onefold

• Fivefold

• Threefold

How can you protect your hearing?

• Turning down the volume

• Using earplugs in noisy environments

• Limiting your exposure to loud sounds

• Listen to loud sounds so your ears will get used to it

·       The location of the bending on the basilar membrane determines the _____ of the sound we hear.

Inside the cochlea, thousands of hair cells ____ due to the movement of the fluid.

Which order is correct?

• Pinna - Ossiclesl - Eardrum - Ear canal - Cochlea - Oval window - Auditory nerve

• Pinna - Ear canal - Eardrum - Oval window - Ossicles - Cochlea - Auditory nerve

• Pinna - Ear canal - Oval window - Cochlea - Eardrum - Ossicles - Auditory nerve

• Pinna - Ear canal - Eardrum - Ossicles - Oval window - Cochlea - Auditory nerve