Johnson Sound/Ear Quiz 2025

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Ultra sonic waves are below the human hearing range.

• True
• False

The changing pitch of police's car siren as it moves by you is an example of

• doppler effect
• resonance
• speed of sound
• intensity

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Sound travels as a ____________ wave.

• transverse
• electromagnetic
• longitudinal
• gamma

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which part of the ear do sound waves enter through?

• earlobe
• ear canal
• ear drum
• cochlea

Sound waves with frequencies below the normal human range of hearing are called?

• ultrasound
• resonance
• infrasound
• decibles

Which term refers to how high or low a sound seems to a person?

• intesity
• reflection
• volume
• pitch

What occurs when two or more sound waves interact?

• interference
• doppler effect
• ultrasound
• resonance

Which part of your ear sends the message to your brain that you've heard a sound?

• the outermost part of your ear
• the hairlike structures in the cochlea that are attached to nerve cells
• the hammer, anvil and stirrup located in your middle ear
• vibrating eardrum