P2 Sound Quizizz League Game

To increase the amplitude of a sound so that it sounds louder.

• amplify

• increase

• turn the volume up

• stretch

The distance from the middle to the top or bottom of a wave.

• wavelength

• frequency

• pitch

• amplitude

The range of frequencies that you can hear. 20-20,000 Hz in humans.

• audible range

• hearing quality

• frequency

• loudness

The passage in the ear from the outer ear to the ear drum

• pinna

• auditory nerve

• auditory canal

• auditory tube

An electrical signal travels along this nerve from the cochlea to the brain

• auditory nerve

• optic nerve

• sensory nerve

• audible nerve

Snail-shaped tube in the inner ear with the sensory cells that detect sound.

• cochlea

• ossicles

• oval window

• pinna

The part of a longitudinal wave where the air particles are close together

• rarefaction

• compression

• wavelength

• peak

The top of a wave - choose two.

• trough

• crest

• peak

• amplitude

A commonly used unit of sound intensity or loudness.

• hertz

• metres

• decibels

• amps

The part of the microphone that vibrates when a sound wave hits it.

• diaphragm

• emitter

• transmitter

• ear drum