BAND / MUSIC AWARENESS Test #1

What is 'sound?'

• Noise

• Vibrations

• Waves

• All the above

Sound moves in...

• Waves

• Vibrations

• A vacuum

• None of the above

How fast does sound move in water? (Sorry, this is a little tricky and requires math!)

• 760 miles per second

• 100 kilometers per minute

• 10,640 miles per hour

• 550 miles per second

Loudness of sound results from...

• Frequencies of vibrations

• Overtones

• Differences in pressure

• Harmonics

The first part of the ear that sound waves strike is the...

• Canal

• Tympanic membrane

• Cochlea

• Pinna

After entering the auditory canal (inside your head), sound waves then strike the...

• Malleus

• Ear drum

• Incus

• Stirrup

What is the last part of the inner ear to receive sound and translate it into nerve signals for the brain?

• Eardrum

• Hammer (Malleus)

• Anvil

• Cochlea

The wondrous cochlea is filled with...

• Fibers

• Hair cells and fluid

• Air

• Bubbly liquid

Hair cells in the cochlea stimulate...

• the auditory nerve to the brain.

• the tympanic membrane.

• the sinuses.

• the cochlea.

N.I.H.L. results from...

• Predisposed heredity (born with it).

• Improper cleaning of the ears.

• Damage to the cochlea hair cells.

• Low sound pressure.