A PRIMER FOR ANIMALS & HEARING Sound & Waves. Sound is Vibration.
8L Sound and Hearing Multiple Choice Test
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Chapter 12 Multiple choice test Chapter 12 Sound and music SoW ref 8L Sound and heating Name Clas s Teache r There is only one correct answer to each question. Tick () the box next to the answer that you think is right. 1 The best way to think about sounds is as A draughts in the air B radio signals picked up by your ears C vibrations passing through substances D reflections off things, like light for seeing 2 Lis was learning the guitar. Her tutor said there were two ways to make a higher pitched note. Which line in the table gives the correct ways of doing this? Change the tightness of the string Change the length of the string A looser shorter B looser longer C tighter shorter D tighter longer A B C D 3 ’In space no-one can hear you scream’ was a slogan used to advertise the film ‘Alien’. The idea in the slogan is true because Hodder Science Assessment Pack © 2003 Hodder & Stoughton Educational
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Chapter 12 Multiple choice test
Chapter 12 Sound and music
SoW ref 8L Sound and heating
Name Class Teacher
There is only one correct answer to each question. Tick () the box next to the answer that you think is right.
1 The best way to think about sounds is asA draughts in the airB radio signals picked up by your earsC vibrations passing through substancesD reflections off things, like light for seeing
2 Lis was learning the guitar. Her tutor said there were two ways to make a higher pitched note.
Which line in the table gives the correct ways of doing this?
Change the tightness of the string
Change the length of the string
A looser shorter
B looser longer
C tighter shorter
D tighter longer
A B C D
3 ’In space no-one can hear you scream’ was a slogan used to advertise the film ‘Alien’. The idea in the slogan is true becauseA distances are very large in spaceB space is very cold and that deadens soundC spacesuits stop you hearing anythingD there is nothing to carry the sound in space
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Chapter 12 Multiple choice test
4 Which of the following best describes the typical range of frequencies that the human ear can detect?A 20 Hz – 20 000 Hz B 200 Hz – 2000 HzC 1000 Hz – 10 000 Hz D 5000 Hz – 100 000 Hz
5 A sound wave can be displayed on a oscilloscope. The drawing shows a picture of a sound wave. Which of the distances marked is the wavelength?
A B C D
6 Sounds can be displayed as sound waves. Which answer correctly describes how amplitude, frequency, loudness and pitch are related?A amplitude = frequency = pitch
loudnessB loudness = frequency = pitch
amplitudeC loudness = amplitude = pitch
frequencyD there is no relationship between these four things
Questions 7–9 refer to the following drawing of a human ear.
7 Which part labelled is the ear drum?A B C D
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Chapter 12 Multiple choice test
8 Which part of the ear is most likely to be damaged by exposure to very loud sounds?A B C D
9 The ‘small bones’ in the ear carry the sound signal to which part of the ear?A B C D
10 What units are used to measure sound levels?A micro amps B decibelsC metres cubed D newtons
11 The drawing shows someone wearing ear defenders.
Which line in the table sums up how ear defenders work?
Outer shell Inner padding
A absorbs sound absorbs sound
B absorbs sound reflects sound
C reflects sound absorbs sound
D reflects sound reflects sound
A B C D
12 As people get older their hearing gets worse and they can’t hear high pitched sounds. Which answer best describes how this problem is caused?A the eardrum gets brittle with ageB the ears get blocked by waxC the outer ear grows much largerD sensitive hairs in the cochlea get damaged
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