Quiz about Sound and Ear

Question 1

Which travels faster: sound or light waves?

Accepted Answer

light

Answer

sound

Question 2

Which comes first: lightning or thunder?

Accepted Answer

lightning

Answer

thunder

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

pinna

Answer

ear drum

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stirrup

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cochlea

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

auditory nerve

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optic nerve

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ear canal

Answer

semi-circular canals

Question 5

Can sounds travel through liquids?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of sound traveling through a solid?

Accepted Answer

When you hear people in another room

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When you hear things underwater

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When you are talking to the person next to you

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Sound cannot travel through solids

Question 7

What unit do we use to measure sound?

Accepted Answer

decibels

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inches

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pounds

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centimeters

Question 8

Are volume and pitch the same thing?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 9

Sound is caused by ______________.

Accepted Answer

vibrations

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light

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the sun

Question 10

What is the name for the highness and lowness of sound?

Accepted Answer

pitch

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volume

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high

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low

Question 11

Sound waves travel slowest through

Accepted Answer

air

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clouds

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rain

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solids

Question 12

What do sound, light, heat, and electricity have in common?

Accepted Answer

energy

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auditory

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both have noise

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pitch

Question 13

What happens when an object vibrates very fast, the pitch is?

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high

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low

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soft

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slow

Question 14

When does sound occur?

Accepted Answer

When something vibrates.

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When you hear a noise.

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When something is really loud.

Question 15

How does sound travel best?

Accepted Answer

through a solid

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through the sky

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through the air

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on a boat

Question 16

Sound waves can travel through

Accepted Answer

air, solid, liquid

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air, light, night

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clouds, darkness, rain

Question 17

Is this a high pitch or a low pitch?

Accepted Answer

High

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Low

Question 18

The hearing organ, the Cochlea is located in the...

Accepted Answer

Inner Ear

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Middle Ear

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Outer Ear

Question 19

This area is filled with three bones, and mostly air. This is also where sound is amplified. Where does this occur?

Accepted Answer

Middle Ear

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Outer Ear

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Inner Ear

Question 20

What is Pitch?

Accepted Answer

how high or low a sound is

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How loud or soft a sound is

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muscle that holds vocal cords

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movement back and forth

Question 21

What is volume?

Accepted Answer

how loud or soft sound is

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How high or low a sounds is

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reflected sound that comes back and is repeated

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movement back and forth

Question 22

What do waves look like when they're high sounding?

Accepted Answer

They're short

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They're long

Question 23

What do sound waves look like when they're low?

Accepted Answer

They're long

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they're short

Question 24

Why can't we hear sound in space?

Accepted Answer

Space has no mass / no gas/ solids/ liquids

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can't take our helmet off to hear

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because it's dark

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Don't know, I've never been to space

Question 25

What happens when we hear an echo?

Accepted Answer

Sound is reflected off a surface and repeated back

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We know there is danger

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there must be someone yelling back to us

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sounds waves are traveling really fast

Question 26

Why do we see lightning before we hear the thunder?

Accepted Answer

Light travels faster than sound

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Our eyes trick us

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they're two separate things

Question 27

What happens to our hearing if we listen to loud noises all the time?

Accepted Answer

we start to experience hearing loss

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We appreciate music better

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we get a ringing in our ears

Question 28

What is the function of the ridges on your outer ear?

Accepted Answer

They direct sound into your middle ear.

Answer

They prevent germs from entering your middle ear.

Answer

They prevent loud noises from damaging your inner ear.

Answer

They filter out very high and low-frequency sounds.

Question 29

How is your eardrum like a real drum?

Accepted Answer

It vibrates.

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It produces sound.

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It is frequently struck by the bones in your middle ear.

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It is hollow.

Question 30

Place the following events in sequence: A) Your eardrum begins vibrating; B) Electrical impulses travel along nerve fibers; C) The hammer, anvil, and stirrup begin moving

Accepted Answer

A, C, B

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B, C, A

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A, B, C

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B, A, C

Question 31

Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?

Accepted Answer

Solid molecules are packed tightly.

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Gas molecules are packed tightly.

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Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.

Answer

Gas molecules move slowly.

Question 32

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

Accepted Answer

three small bones in the middle ear

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outer ear and ear canal

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inner ear

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tiny hairs

Question 33

How does increasing the amplitude of a sound wave affect the sound?

Accepted Answer

it makes the sound louder

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it makes the sound travel faster

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it increases the wavelength of the sound

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it increases the frequency of the sound

Question 34

What happens in the inner ear?

Accepted Answer

Sound waves are converted into nerve impulses.

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Sound waves are captured.

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Sound waves move deeper into the ear.

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Sound waves are reflected.

Question 35

What is #13?

Accepted Answer

Eardrum

Answer

Anvil

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Hammer

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Cochlea

Question 36

What is #19?

Accepted Answer

Auditory Nerve

Answer

Semicircular Canals

Answer

Ear Canal

Answer

Cochlea

Question 37

What is #2?

Accepted Answer

Ear Canal

Answer

Pinna

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Hammer

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Anvil

Question 38

What do playing a guitar, banging on a drum, and dropping a pebble in water have in common?

Accepted Answer

they all cause vibrations

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they all produce light

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they all convert heat to energy

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they all need gravity to move

Question 39

The range of human hearing.

Accepted Answer

20 Hz - 20, 0000 Hz

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200 Hz - 2000 Hz

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20 Hz - 2000 Hz

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200 Hz - 20,000 Hz

Question 40

Your __________ vibrate when you talk

Accepted Answer

vocal cords

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stomach

Answer

lips

Answer

ears

Question 41

An oscilloscope shows sound ________

Accepted Answer

waves

Answer

vibrations

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patterns

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imitations

Question 42

An image made by an ultrasound machine, often used for seeing internal organs in humans is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

Ultrasound

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infrasound

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doppler effect

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decibel

Question 43

How is frequency measured?

Accepted Answer

hertz

Answer

decibels

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wavelength

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velocity

Question 44

The number of vibrations per second is defined _________________________.

Accepted Answer

frequency

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pitch

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decibels

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doppler

Question 45

The tympanic membrane is the scientific name for the ____________.

Accepted Answer

eardrum

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ear canal

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cochlea

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auditory nerve

Question 46

What is the abbreviation for decibels?

Accepted Answer

dB

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db

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DB

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Db

Question 47

What is the term used to describe #1?

Accepted Answer

wavelength

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crest

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trough

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amplitude

Question 48

What is the term for #2?

Accepted Answer

amplitude

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crest

Answer

trough

Answer

wavelength

Question 49

What term describes point 3?

Accepted Answer

crest

Answer

trough

Answer

wavelength

Answer

amplitude

Question 50

Which term describes point 4?

Accepted Answer

trough

Answer

crest

Answer

amplitude

Answer

wavelength

Question 51

What is the importance of ear wax?

Accepted Answer

Collect dust, dirt and fight infection

Answer

Collects dust and dirt

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Help the sound travel

Answer

Fight infection

Question 52

Which of the following is a part of the middle ear:

Accepted Answer

the Eustachian tube

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the cochlea

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the external auditory canal

Answer

the bony labyrinth

Question 53

Which part of the ear is responsible for equilibrium (balance)?

Accepted Answer

semicircular canals

Answer

Eardrum

Answer

oscicles

Answer

cochlea

Question 54

What part of the ear vibrates first when a sound is made?

Accepted Answer

eardrum

Answer

earcanal

Answer

oscicles

Answer

cochlea

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