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Sound Waves and Hearing Quiz

The document contains 14 multiple choice questions about sound and hearing. The questions cover topics like the parts of the ear, characteristics of sound waves, properties of loud and quiet sounds, units used to measure sound, materials that sound can and cannot travel through, how sound waves interact with the body, characteristics of musical sounds, units used to measure loudness and speed of sound, uses of sound waves, ultrasound, and the normal human hearing range.

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Sound Waves and Hearing Quiz

The document contains 14 multiple choice questions about sound and hearing. The questions cover topics like the parts of the ear, characteristics of sound waves, properties of loud and quiet sounds, units used to measure sound, materials that sound can and cannot travel through, how sound waves interact with the body, characteristics of musical sounds, units used to measure loudness and speed of sound, uses of sound waves, ultrasound, and the normal human hearing range.

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Question 1

The hammer, anvil, and stirrup bones are found in the:

(A) outer ear (B) middle ear (C) inner ear (D) ear drum

Question 2

When sound travels through the air, the air particles vibrate:

(A) along the direction of the sound wave (B) but not in any fixed direction

(C) perpendicular to the direction of the sound wave (D) in a random motion

Question 3

When large objects vibrate, what kinds of notes do they produce?

(A) low pitched (B) high pitched (C) loud (D) quiet

Question 4

What kind of sounds do objects that vibrate with large amplitudes produce?

(A) high pitched (B) low pitched (C) quiet (D) loud

Question 5

What units do we use to measure the frequency of a wave?

(A) metres (B) metres per second (C) Hertz (D) Hertz per second

Question 6

Through which of these materials can sound NOT travel?

(A) wood (B) water (C) vacuum (D) air

Question 7

Which part of our body is made to vibrate by sound waves?

(A) nerve cells (B) brain (C) vocal cords (D) eardrum

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a musical sound?

(A) pitch (B) wavelength (C) quality (D) loudness

Question 9

Loudness of sounds is measured in:

(A) Hertz (B) centimetres (C) cycles per second (D) decibels

Question 10
The speed of sound in air is about:

(A) 130 m/s (B) 230 m/s (C) 330 m/s (D) 430 m/s

Question 11

Sound waves used for measuring the distance of an object are called:

(A) RADAR (B) ECHOAR (C) SONAR (D) GOCAR

Question 12

Ultrasound is sound we cannot hear because it:

(A) has too high a frequency (B) is too quiet

(C) has too low a frequency (D) is travelling too fast

Question 13

The hearing range of an average person is:

(A) 20 to 20,000 Hz (B) 0 to 25,000 Hz (C) 20 to 2000 Hz (D) 25 to 2500 Hz

Question 14

The level on the decibel scale reached by a nearby aircraft taking off is likely to be:

(A) 20 dB (B) 80 dB (C) 100 dB (D) 120 dB

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