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Hearing

Quiz by Ashley Scolaro

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10 questions
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  • Q1
    The rate at which a sound wave vibrates (measured in cycles per second) is perceived by our brains as ________.
    prosody
    pitch
    loudness
    melody
    60s
  • Q2
    A sound wave that is tall would be perceived as ______.
    low pitch
    loud
    high pitch
    soft
    60s
  • Q3
    The ______ of a sound is how we distinguish a saxophone from a flute.
    amplitude
    pitch
    prosody
    timbre
    60s
  • Q4
    Which of the following components of a song would make it sound scary?
    low pitch
    children humming
    high pitch
    children happily singing a song
    60s
  • Q5
    Which region of the brain is activated when a person is listening to a burst of noise?
    frontal lobe
    primary auditory cortex
    secondary auditory cortex
    Heschl's gyrus
    60s
  • Q6
    The cochlea is filled with ______.
    fluid
    brain matter
    bone
    air
    60s
  • Q7
    ______ are the receptors in the cochlea.
    cone cells
    hair cells
    vestibular cells
    oval cells
    60s
  • Q8
    The longer a sound wave travels on the basilar membrane, the lower the _____.
    pitch
    amplitude
    complexity
    prosody
    60s
  • Q9
    The primary auditory cortex has regions that code information about the ____ of a sound.
    complexity
    prosody
    pitch
    amplitude
    60s
  • Q10
    Compard to non-musicians, musicians have a thicker _____ cortex
    temporal
    occipital
    frontal
    parietal
    60s

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