Sound Basics
Catch the WAVE
Miscellaneous in the MIDDLE
Ear Anatomy
More Ear Anatomy
100
What is sound?
Vibrations
100
What is at the top of a wavelength?
What is the crest (compressions)?
100
What speed is MACH 1?
What is 760 MPH
100
What catches the sound wave? (Scientific name)
What is the auricle or pinna?
100
What are the 3 ossicles? (English names)
What are the Hammer, Anvil and Stirrup?
200
Where does sound travel best? Through solid, liquid or gas and why?
Solid because it is more dense (more molecules to bounce off of).
200
What is at the bottom of a wavelength?
What is a trough (rarefaction)?
200
What speed breaks the sound barrier?
What is above 760 mph?
200
Purpose of earwax
To trap dirt and bacteria (really any pathogens).
200
What are the 3 LATIN names of the ossicles?
What are the Malleous, Incus, Stapes.
300
What type of wave it a sound wave?
What is a longitudinal wave?
300
What measures loudness in a sound wave?
What is AMPLITUDE?
300
How do bats "see".
What is echolocation?
300
Where in the ear do sound waves first vibrate?
What is the ear drum?
300
What is filled with fluid that causes vibrations to move cilia?
What is the cochlea?
400
Elephants can detect natural disasters coming before people because they can hear low frequency sounds called what?
What is infrasound?
400
If something has a high frequency, it also has a high____.
What is pitch?
400
What sound is too low for our ears to hear called?
What is infrasound?
400
The eardrum carries it's vibrations to 3 tiny bones. What is their name all together?
What are the ossicles?
400
Scientific name for ear drum.
What is the tempanic membrane?
500
What is the quality of sound called?
What is TIMBRE?
500
Label the following instruments as high frequency or low frequency and high or low pitch. Tuba Flute
Tuba = low frequency, low pitch Flute = high frequency, high pitch
500
What is damaged specifically in the ear with overexposure to loud noises? As it stiffens, it can no longer vibrate, which causes hearing loss.
What is CILIA.
500
What is the smallest bone in the body (be specific).
What is the stirrup (or stapes).
500
How does sound get to brain?
What is the auditory nerve?
M
e
n
u