Year 8 – Chapter 14: Sound 6. Define the following terms.
1. Define vibration. Amplitude _______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________ Wavelength _______________________________________________
2. Name the medium that sound can and cannot travel through. 7. Name the parts in each parts of the ear.
____________________________________________________________ Outer ear Middle ear Inner ear
3. Briefly describe what a vibrating object does to the particles
around it.
____________________________________________________________ 8. What is the function of an oscilloscope?
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
4. What is a sound wave? 9. Name the two types of oscilloscope.
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5. Describe the behaviour of sound in each medium. 10. Explain how the loudness of a sound depends on the amplitude.
Solid _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
Liquid _______________________________________________
Vacuum _______________________________________________ 11. Name the unit for measuring the loudness of a sound.
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12. Explain how sound energy and amplitude are related and how 16. Name the device that helps a person with growth in the middle
sound energy can be converted into another form of energy. ear to hear better and briefly describe how it works.
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
13. Describe how loud sound causes nerve deafness and how it can 17. How do you determine the pitch of a sound?
be prevented.
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18. Which of the following has a higher pitch?
14. Name three places where a person can be exposed to loud sound
for extended period of time.
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15. Briefly describe what partial deafness is. ____________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________ 19. What is the normal hearing range of humans?
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Year 8 – Chapter 14: Sound 6. Define the following terms.
1. Define vibration. Amplitude THE MAXIMUM DISPLACEMENT FROM REST POSITION
VIBRATION IS A MOVEMENT ABOUT A FIXED POSITION. Wavelength THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO CRESTS OR TWO
TROUGHS
7. Name the parts in each parts of the ear.
2. Name the medium that sound can and cannot travel through.
Outer ear Middle ear Inner ear
CAN TRAVEL – SOLID, LIQUID, GAS; CANNOT TRAVEL – VACUUM
AURICLE EARDRUM INNER OVAL WINDOW
MEMBRANE
EAR CANAL HAMMER, ANVIL, COCHLEA
3. Briefly describe what a vibrating object does to the particles STIRRUP
around it. EARDRUM OUTER AUDITORY NERVES
MEMBRANE
THE OBJECT MOVES FORWARD AND SQUASHES THE PARTICLES
8. What is the function of an oscilloscope?
TOGETHER AND INCREASES PRESSURE. WHEN THE OBJECT MOVES
AWAY, THE PARTICLES HAVE MORE SPACE AND PRESSURE DECREASES. AN OSCILLOSCOPE DISPLAYS SOUND WAVES ON A SCREEN.
4. What is a sound wave? 9. Name the two types of oscilloscope.
A SOUND WAVE IS A PATTERN OF COMPRESSION AND CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE AND DIGITAL OSCILLOSCOPE.
DECOMPRESSION.
10. Explain how the loudness of a sound depends on the amplitude.
5. Describe the behaviour of sound in each medium.
THE HIGHER THE AMPLITUDE, THE LOUDER THE SOUND.
Solid SOUND TRAVEL THE FASTEST IN SOLID
Liquid SOUND TRAVEL THE FURTHEST IN LIQUID
11. Name the unit for measuring the loudness of a sound.
Vacuum SOUND CANNOT TRAVEL IN VACUUM
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12. Explain how sound energy and amplitude are related and how 16. Name the device that helps a person with growth in the middle
sound energy can be converted into another form of energy. ear to hear better and briefly describe how it works.
THE LARGER THE AMPLITUDE, THE MORE ENERGY THE SOUND HAS. HEARING AID HELPS A PERSON HEAR BETTER BY PICKING UP SOUND
SOUND ENERGY CAN BE CONVERTED TO MOVEMENT ENERGY WHEN WAVE WITH MICROPHONE AND AMPLIFYING THE SOUND.
OBJECTS VIBRATE.
17. How do you determine the pitch of a sound?
13. Describe how loud sound causes nerve deafness and how it can
PITCH IS DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF WAVELENGTH IN A SECOND.
be prevented.
LONG TERM EXPOSURE DAMAGES THE NERVE IN THE COCHLEA. THIS
CAN BE PREVENTED BY WEARING EAR MUFFS. 18. Which of the following has a higher pitch?
14. Name three places where a person can be exposed to loud sound
for extended period of time.
AIRPORT, METAL FACTORY, SHOOTING RANGE
15. Briefly describe what partial deafness is. THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM
PARTIAL DEAFNESS IS NOT RELATED TO LOUD SOUND. IT IS CAUSED BY
EAR WAX ACCUMULATING IN THE EAR CANAL SO THAT SOUND WAVE 19. What is the normal hearing range of humans?
CANNOT REACH THE EAR DRUM.
20 – 20000 Hz.