Parts of the Ear
Pitch
About Sound
Sound Application
100

The part of your ear that acts as the "catcher" of sound, catching the sound waves from the air?

What is the outer ear?

100

Pitch is how ______ or _______ a sound is. 

What is high or low?

100

Sound is _________________. 

What is vibrations you hear?

100

A little girl picks up a mallet to hit a xylophone. She wants to create the highest pitch she can make. Which key should she hit?

What is the shortest key?

200

Sound is funneled through your ear canal. Then it bounces off your _________ causing it to vibrate. 

What is the eardrum?

200

A thick string will produce a ___________. 

What is a low pitch?

200

Sound travels in ___________. 

What is sound waves?

200

Timmy is having guitar problems. All of the notes he plays are a tiny bit lower than he would like. What can Timmy do to make the pitch a little bit higher?

What is tighten the strings?

300

The snail-shaped part of your inner ear that holds fluid, hearing cells, and nerve endings is called?

What is the cochlea?

300

A tight string will produce a __________ pitch. 

What is high pitch?

300

Sound travels at different ___________ through solids, liquids, and gases. 

What is speeds?

300

When you talk, the sound of your voice is made from the vibrations of your ___________.

What is vocal chords?

400

The signal is sent up the brain by traveling along the _____________. 

What is the auditory nerve?

400

A long string will produce a ________ pitch.

What is a low pitch?

400

Does sound travel faster through solids or liquids?

What is solids?

400

The Native Americans put their ear to the ground to listen for buffalo because _________. 

What is sound travels best through a solid?

500

The ___________ decodes the signal and tell you what made the sound occur. 

What is the brain?

500

A short string will produce a _______ pitch. 

What is a high pitch?

500

Does sound travel faster through air or solids?

What is solids?

500

What are the 3 main parts of the ear?

What is the outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear?