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Quiz preparation for a sound unit- sound properties, musical instruments and the ear.
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Select one of the reasons we don't hear echoes in our classrooms.
Lots of items to absorb the sound waves
Carpets absorb the sound waves
Soft ceilings with holes absorb sound waves
Concrete walls absorb sound waves
2
What is another word for the Pinna?
Ossicles
Eustachian
Auricle
Incus
3
Which part of you ear helps with balance?
Semicircular canals
Ossicles
Pinna
Eardrum
4
What medium does sound travel the slowest through?
wooden table
soda
oxygen
5
Why can't sound travel in outer space?
The air is too thick in outer space
There is no one out there to hear you
There is no medium to travel through
It travels too slow
6
What do you call the fluid-filled, spiral shaped structure in the inner ear?
Incus
Ossicles
Cochlea
Auricle
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Choose all the answers that refer to a sound's frequency?
Highness or lowness of a tone (Do, Re, Mi)
Volume
Amplitude
Pitch
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What causes an echo?
Sound waves getting reflected
Sound waves transmitting
Sound waves getting absorbed
9
What do you call the part of your ear that sends sound messages to the brain?
Motor nerves
Auditory Nerve
Spinal Cord
Optic Nerve
10
What units do you measure volume?
Pitch
Frequency
Decibels
Hertz
11
Why can't you see sound waves?
They are too large
They are invisible
They are sneaky
They are so fast
12
What are push and pull waves called?
Transverse waves
Compression waves
13
What do you collectively call the three bones in your ear that work together?
Semicircular canals
Ossicles
Eustachian
Cochlea
14
True or False? Sound takes time to travel.
True
False
Not sure...
15
Through which medium would sound travel the fastest?
jello
brick
warm air
lemonade
16
What is another term for the hammer?
malleus
Stapes
tympanic membrane
Incus
17
What do you call a rapid back and forth motion?
a vibration
wind shield wipers
waving at your friend
a student wanting to be called on
18
What is another name for the stirrup?
Incus
Stapes
Malleus
Tympanic membrane
19
What is another name for the eardrum?
auricle
tympanic membrane
incus
malleus
20
About how fast does sound travel through air?
186,000 mph
186,000 mps
700 mph
700 mps
21
What refers to the loudness of a sound?
Timbre
Volume
Quality
Pitch
22
What are two examples that show that sound takes time to travel?
Fireworks
Shouting out answers
Sunshine and rain
Thunder and Lightning
23
After the vibrations in the air are caught by your pinna, they travel through the...
eardrum
ossicles
outer ear canal
eustachian tube
24
What is another name for the anvil?
Stapes
Hammer
Incus
Malleus
25
Which is the correct order that the vibrations travel through the ossicles?
Anvil, stirrup, hammer
Hammer, anvil, stirrup
stirrup, anvil, hammer
hammer, stirrup, anvil
26
What is another another word for volume?
Amplitude
Frequency
Pitch
Quality
27
Vibrations disturb neighboring particles, and those particles bump their neighbors, and so on..
describes the quality of sound
describes pitch
describes amplitude
describes how sound travels
28
What do you call the visible part of the outer ear?
Cochlea
Pinnacle
Pinna
Incus
29
What kind of device would you use to see sound as waves?
Telescope
Oscilloscope
Ossicles
Kaleidoscope
30
Which part of your ear contains small hair-like cells, called cilia, that sense vibrations?
Ossicles
Eustachian Tube
Cochlea
Semicircular Canals
31
What is vibrating that causes sound when you talk?
Your tonsils
Your mouth
Your vocal cords
Your lungs
32
What initially causes sound?
a pencil sitting on a desk
vibrations
children sitting quietly
a cotton ball
33
Which is your favorite subject in school?
Social Studies
LA
Math
Science
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How can you change a string instrument's pitch? Change the strings'...
thickness
length
volume
tightness
