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MI 1.3.1 Sound & Ear Anatomy F25

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the outer ear consist of?

a)

Auricle/Pinna

b)

Pinna, Ear Canal

c)

Auricle, Ear Canal

d)

Auricle/pinna, Auditory Canal

2.

What does the middle ear consist of?

a)

Auditory canal, Tympanum

b)

Auditory canal, ossicles

c)

Tympanum, Ossicles

d)

Ossicles, Cochlea

3.

What does the inner ear consist of?

a)

Cochlea, Vestibular Appparatus

b)

Cochlea

c)

Ossicles, Cochlea

d)

Cochlea, Auditory nerve/tube, brain

4.

What are the three tiny bones called?

a)

Ossicles - Malleus, Angus, Stapes

b)

Ossicles -Malleus, Incus, Stapes

c)

Ossicles-Malleus, Incas, Stapes

d)

Ossicles-Malleus, Incus, Stepes

5.

What is inside of the Cochlea?

a)

Fluids and hair cells

b)

calcium carbonate and hair cells

c)

Acid and hair cells

d)

Air and Fluids

6.

Beside hearing, another function of the ear is

a)

Touch

b)

Balance

c)

Taste

d)

Boosts immune system

7.

What does the auricle do?

a)

Skin made for piercing

b)

Collects sound and funnels it down the ear canal

c)

Helps with balance

d)

Collects dust and dirt

8.

What is the importance of ear wax?

a)

Collects dust and dirt

b)

Help the sound travel

c)

Collect dust, dirt and fight infection

d)

Fight infection

9.

Which of the following is NOT in the MIDDLE EAR?

a)

Auricle

b)

Eustachian tube

c)

Malleus

d)

Tympanic Membrane

10.

The impulse is generated and is transmitted to the temporal lobe when what happens?

a)

the eardrum vibrates

b)

the basilar membrane vibrates

c)

the oval window vibrates

d)

cochlea hair cells move

11.

When sound waves vibrate the tympanic membrane what structure of the ear is moved next:

a)

the vestibule

b)

the cochlea

c)

the semicircular canals

d)

the malleus

12.

The malleus, incus, and stapes are collectively called the

a)

maculae

b)

vestibulocochlear nerves

c)

semicircular canals

d)

auditory ossicles

13.

Which of the below structures acts to convert sound waves to vibrations?

a)

cochlea

b)

pinna

c)

tympanic membrane

d)

vestibulocochlear nerve

14.

What is #13?

a)

tympanic membrane

b)

Anvil

c)

Hammer

d)

Cochlea

15.

Where is the Eustachian Tube connected to?

a)

The back of the head

b)

The back of the nose

c)

The back of the Ear

16.

Which list gives the correct order in which sound waves travel through the ear?

a)

pinna, ear drum, ear canal, ossicles, cochlea

b)

ear canal, pinna, ear drum, ossicles, cochlea

c)

pinna, ear canal, ear drum, ossicles, cochlea

d)

cochlea, ossicles, ear drum, ear canal, pinna

17.

Which number identifies the hair cells?

(a)  

18.

Which number identifies the vestibulocochlear nerve?

(a)  

19.

Which number identifies the cochlea?

(a)  

20.

Which number identifies the eustachian tube?

(a)  

21.

Which number identifies the semicircular canals?

(a)  

22.

Which number identifies the stapes?

(a)  

23.

Which number identifies the incus?

(a)  

24.

Which number identifies the malleus?

(a)  

25.

Which number identifies the tympanic membrane?

(a)  

26.

Which number identifies the external auditory meatus?

(a)  

27.

What is the function of the middle ear?

a)

Transmit sound

b)

Store memories

c)

Produce hormones

d)

Regulate body temperature

28.

Sound is (a)

a)

wave

b)

particle

c)

photon

d)

matter

29.
How does increasing the amplitude of a sound wave affect the sound?
a)
it makes the sound louder
b)
it makes the sound travel faster
c)
it increases the wavelength of the sound
d)
it increases the frequency of the sound
30.
Highest point of a wave
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
31.

The lowest point on a wave

a)

crest

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

trough

32.

The horizontal distance between crests

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

33.

Which of these waves would produce a high pitch sound?

a)

Low frequency wave

b)

High frequency wave

34.

What determines the pitch of a sound?

a)

The amount of energy used to create the vibration

b)

The wavelength of the sound wave.

c)

The volume of the sound.

d)

The frequency of the vibrations.

35.

A sound wave with low amplitude produces which type of sound?

a)

High

b)

Low

c)

Loud

d)

Soft

36.
High Amplitude =__________________
a)
Louder sounds
b)
Quieter Sounds
37.
Low frequency = _______ Pitch
a)
Low
b)
High
38.

Which sound wave would be perceived as a soft high pitched sound

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

39.

Which sound wave would be perceived as a loud, high pitched sound?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

40.
When sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, these vibrations are immediately passed on to the_________.
a)
outer ear and ear canal
b)
inner ear
c)
tiny hairs
d)
three small bones in the middle ear