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Ear and Sound
Practice Test
Name: ___________________________________________
Date: _______________________
Fill in the blank with the correct word.
1. Sound is a form of ______________________.
2. Loud sounds over a long period of time can ________________ your hearing.
3. ____________________ forms a word that imitates a sound.
4. _________________________ invented the telephone.
5. A sound that bounces back from an object is called an _____________.
6. __________ ______________ are two small folds of elastic tissue at the top of the
windpipe.
7. To move back and forth quickly is to _______________________.
8. The ____________________ part of the ear catches sound traveling in the air.
9. The ____________________ nerve carries the message to the brain.
10.
Vibrating bones cause the liquid in the ______________________ to vibrate.
11.
The three tiny bones in the ear are the ___________________, _____________,
and ______________________.
12.
The _______________ is the thin, skin like layer that covers the middle part of
the ear.
13.
The ____________________ makes sense of everything you are hearing.
14.
___________________ is how high or low a sound is.
15.
Sound waves travel through all forms of ________________ such as
________________, _________________, and ______________.
16.
Sound waves travel much _______________ than light waves, and travel in
______________ directions.
Place the following 5 events in order by writing the numbers 1 – 5 to show how the
sound travels through the ear.
_____ The outer ear catches the sound traveling in the air.
_____ The auditory nerve carries the message to the brain.
_____ Tiny hair like things carry the vibrations to the auditory nerve.
_____ Sound hits the eardrum which carries the vibrations to the three tiny bones.
_____ Vibrations travel down the ear canal.
Label the parts of the ear using the word bank below.
outer ear
ear canal
eardrum
hammer
anvil
cochlea
stirrup
auditory nerve