Nature of Sound
Properties of Sound
Hearing Sound #1
Hearing Sound #2
Waves Chpt #1
100

When air particles are close together.

What is compression?

100

Describes your awareness of the energy of a sound.

What is loudness?

100

The cochlea is part of the ____ ear.

What is inner?

100

 This part of the ear has tiny hair cells inside of it.

What is the cochlea?

100

The highest point of the wave.

What is a crest?

200

When air particles are far apart.

What is rarefaction?

200

A description of how high or low a Sound is.

What is pitch?

200

You get this operation if you have hearing loss.

What is a cochlear implant?

200

A part of the ear that is at the end of the ear canal.

What is the ear drum?

200

The lowest point of a wave.

What is a trough?

300

Sound travels ________ when the temperature is high.

What is faster?

300

The unit of measurement of loudness for different sounds.

What is a decibel?

300

This part of the ear funnels Sound.

What is the pinna?

300

The part of the ear that funnels Sound.

What is the pinna?

300

The start of a wave.

What is the resting position?

400

A disturbance that travels through a medium

What is Sound? 

400

A_________ singer produces frequencies higher than 1000 hz.

What is a bass?

400

The three smallest bones in your body.

What is the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

400

A part of the ear that controls balance.

What are the semicircular canals?

400

Frequency’s unit of measurment.

What is Hertz?

500

Temperature, stiffness, and density of the medium.

What does the speed of sound depend on?

500

91000 hz.

What is the highest frequency a mouse can hear?

500

This part of the ear sends signals to the brain.

What is the auditory nerve?

500

A part of the ear that helps control air pressure.

What is the Eustachian tube?

500

The height of the wave.

What is the amplitude?