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How humans hear sound - class-VIII

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If a musical instrument is played on very high pitch then its frequency is:

  1. same

  2. high

  3. low

  4. zero


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If pitch is high frequency is high and vice versa.

Our inner ear is shaped like

  1. a snail

  2. a bird

  3. a bear

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Our inner ear is shaped like a snail and is called cochlea.

Combination of notes that produced jarring effect on the ear is called

  1. discord

  2. harmony

  3. noise

  4. melody


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Combination of notes that produced jarring effect on the ear is called discord. Discord is lack of harmony between notes sounding together.

The persistence of hearing of human beings is not more than ________.

  1. 1 s

  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}$ s

  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{10}$ s

  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$ s


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The sensation of hearing of any sound persists in our brain is 0.1 s. This is called the persistence of hearing. The persistence of hearing of human beings is not more than $\frac{1}{5}\,s$

State whether true or false.

Vibration of the ear drum produces sensation of sound in the ears.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sound waves produces vibration of the ear drum and subsequently a forceful vibration of the bones of the middle ear. This high amplitude vibration is transmitted to the fluid of the inner ear and encoded in the nerve signal which is sent to the brain.

Select the loudness level that is above the normal hearing range

  1. 150 decibels

  2. 40 decibels

  3. 70 decibels

  4. 90 decibels


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In order for us to be able to hear a sound at all, it has to be above a certain level. This level is called the auditory threshold or hearing threshold. Humans have a hearing threshold of around $0$ decibels. Above this threshold, sounds with higher sound pressure levels are heard as louder noises. Sounds above $90\, dB$ can lead to chronic hearing damage if people are exposed to them every day or all the time. Hearing becomes uncomfortable if the sound pressure level is above $110$ decibels (threshold of discomfort), and it becomes painful above $130$ decibels (threshold of pain).

Sound from the outside world reach the inner ear through:

  1. pinna

  2. cochlea

  3. auditory canal

  4. labyrinth


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sound from the outside world are collected by pinna and reach the inner ear through auditory canal.

The sound waves starts vibrating when it reaches:

  1. pinna

  2. stirrup

  3. tympanic membrane

  4. all


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When the sound waves strike the eardrum or tympanic membrane it starts vibrating. Sound from the outside world are collected by pinna and reach the eardrum through auditory canal.

The tympanum of the ear receive the sound in the form of_________.

  1. compressions

  2. rarefaction

  3. both

  4. none


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The tympanum of the ear receive the sound in the form of compressions and rarefaction. These compressions and rarefaction strike the ear drum, the ear from begins to vibrate.

Mark the correct statement.

  1. Time taken by two consecutive compressions or one rarefaction is called the time period of the wave.

  2. Sound of a vollin and a flue are different due to the difference in the medium through which they travel.

  3. How the brain interpnetes the frequency of an emmitted sound is called pitch.

  4. All true


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Time taken by 2 consecutive compression or rarefaction is called the time period of the wave.
Sound of a voilin and a flute is different due to their different pitches.

child inserted a needle in a man's ear. The man became deaf. Why

  1. the needle damaged the oval window

  2. the needle damaged the stirrup

  3. the needle damaged the ear drum

  4. all


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Never insert any pointed object into the ear. It can damage the eardrum and make a person deaf. Ears are very fragile and delicate organs.

The compressions and rarefactions are transmitted across the middle ear through__________.

  1. auditory tube

  2. ear ossicles

  3. cochlea

  4. all


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The compressions and rarefactions are transmitted across the middle ear through the three ear ossicles. The vibrations produced in the ear drum are amplified.

What stimulates the auditory nerve?

  1. the movement of the three ear ossicles

  2. the movement of stirrup

  3. the movement of fluid in the cochlea

  4. all


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cochlea is a coiled and fluid filled tube having sense of hearing. The movement of the fluid in the cochlea due to the vibrations stimulates the auditory nerve .

Which of the following order is correct?

  1. Sound $\rightarrow$ ear $\rightarrow$ inner ear $\rightarrow$ vibration of eardrum $\rightarrow$ brain $\rightarrow$ hearing
  2. Ear $\rightarrow$ Vibration of eardrum $\rightarrow$ Inner ear $\rightarrow$ hearing $\rightarrow$ brain $\rightarrow$ vibration
  3. Sound $\rightarrow$ ear $\rightarrow$ inner ear $\rightarrow$ vibration of eardrum $\rightarrow$ hearing $\rightarrow$ brain
  4. Sound $\rightarrow$ ear $\rightarrow$ vibration of eardrum $\rightarrow$ inner ear $\rightarrow$ brain $\rightarrow$ hearing

Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When sound strikes the ear drum, it vibrates and this vibration is carried to the inner ear from where it is carried to the brain in the form of impulse. The brain then gives the signal and we hear the sound.

The compressions and rarefactions are transmitted across the middle ear through

  1. auditory tube

  2. ear ossicles

  3. cochlea

  4. all of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The compressions and rarefactions are transmitted across the middle ear through the three ear ossicles. The vibrations produced in the ear drum are amplified.

The tympanum of the ear receive the sound in the form of

  1. compressions

  2. rarefaction

  3. reflection 

  4. both A and B


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The tympanum of the ear receive the sound in the form of compressions and rarefaction. These compressions and rarefaction strike the ear drum, the ear from begins to vibrate.

What stimulates the auditory nerve?

  1. The movement of the three ear ossicles

  2. The movement of stirrup

  3. The movement of fluid in the cochlea

  4. All of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cochlea is a coiled and fluid filled tube having sense of hearing.the movement of the fluid in the cochlea due to the vibrations stimulates the auditory nerve.

The thin stretched membrane at the end of the ear canal is 

  1. Pinna

  2. Cochlea

  3. Eardrum

  4. Stapes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Eardrum is the thin stretched membrane at the end of inner ear , which vibrates when sound wave strikes it .

Which part of the ear vibrates when sound waves enter our ear?

  1. Ear canal

  2. Eardrum

  3. Pinna

  4. Cochlea


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ear canal is provides the path to sound to ear .

Pinna collects the sound .
Cochlea transforms the sound in neural message .
Eardrum vibrates when sound wave strikes them .

Sound enters inner ear through

  1. ossicles

  2. ear drum

  3. cochlea

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sound waves or vibrations enter the inner ear through middle ear bones or ossicles.

We find it difficult to hear if we put cotton in our ears. This is because

  1. cotton damps the sound wave before reaching the ear drum

  2. cotton creates a vacuum in the ear

  3. cotton conducts the vibration to the ear drum

  4. none of the above is true


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cotton, put inside ear, damps  the vibration entering the ear. So, when the damped sound reaches the eardrum, its vibration becomes lower than original. So, we find it difficult to hear.

A very loud sound

  1. damages the hair cells of the inner ear

  2. damages the outer ear

  3. damages the middle ear

  4. reflects back from the ear


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A very loud sound damages the hair cells of the inner ear. The hair cells die and stop sending sound signals to the brain. Once damaged, these hair cells do not grow back.

Highest loudness of sound causing no harm to the ear is

  1. 67 dB

  2. 650 dB

  3. 65 dB

  4. 20000 dB


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

65 dB loudness causes no harm to human ears. But the damage occurs if the loudness exceeds 65 dB.

The response of human ear to sound in terms of its shrillness is known as:

  1. frequency

  2. pitch

  3. loudness

  4. amplitude


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pitch is known as the response of human ear to sound in terms of its shrillness.

Why can't we hear the scream of bat?

  1. Because its scream consists of infrasonic sound

  2. Because its scream consists of ultrasonic sound

  3. Because its scream consists of subsonic sound

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Bats produce ultrasonic sound and thus humans cannot hear them. Bats emit sound in the range of $20,000$ to $100,000\ Hz$ which is beyond our audible range.

What is conductive hearing loss?

  1. When outer or middle ear leads to problem and inefficient transfer of sound

  2. When inner ear leads to problem and inefficient transfer of sound

  3. When only middle ear leads to problem and inefficient transfer of sound

  4. When inner and middle ear leads to problem and inefficient transfer of sound


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When outer or middle ear gets damage causing insufficient transfer of sound to inner ear.

Which of the following is / are true?

  1. the inner ear consists of a cochlea, the semicircular canals and the auditory nerve

  2. the middle ear is an air filled cavity that consists of an ear drum and three tiny interconnected bones the hammer, anvil and stirrup

  3. the human ear consists of three basic parts - outer ear, middle ear and inner ear

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All of the options are correct.

The inner ear consists of a cochlea, the semicircular canals and the auditory nerve.
The middle ear is an air filled cavity that consists of an ear drum and three tiny interconnected bones the hammer, anvil and stirrup.
The human ear consists of three basic parts - outer ear, middle ear and inner ear.

How many inner and outer hair cells does a normal human ear possess?

  1. 25000

  2. 30000

  3. 27000

  4. 50000


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A normal human ear possess nearly 25000 hair cells.

State whether given statement is True or False :
There is no possibility of having mixed hearing loss with both conductive and sensori-neural element.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It is a false statement. It is possible to have a mixed hearing loss.

Why do we lose hearing while yawning?

  1. Muscles around middle ear contracts

  2. Muscles around middle ear expands

  3. Muscles around inner ear contracts

  4. Muscles around inner ear expands


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Muscles around middle ear contracts while yawning. So, we are not able to hear while yawning.

How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?

  1. Through electron transfer

  2. Through the vibration of particles

  3. Sound waves don't need a medium

  4. Not enough data


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When an object vibrates, it vibrates the neighbouring particles of the medium. These vibrating particles then vibrate to the adjacent particles. Vibrations in an object create disturbance in the medium and consequently compressions and rarefactions.  In this way, vibrations produced by an object are transferred from one particle to another in the form of compressions and rarefactions till it reaches our ear.
Region of high pressure and high density is called compression and region of low pressure and low density in the air is called rarefaction. As the object continues to vibrate, it produces a series of successive compression and rarefaction in the air, thus, propagating sound through the air and finally reaches our ears.

The persistence of hearing for human beings is not more than

  1. 1 s

  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}:s$

  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{10}:s$

  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}:s$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sensation of hearing of any sound persists in our brain for 0.1s.This is called the persistence of hearing.

so the answer is C.

Calculate he minimum distance to hear an echo.(taking the velocity of sound in air to be $330 {ms}^{-1}$)

  1. 12.8 m

  2. 24 m

  3. 8.6 m

  4. 17.5 m


Correct Option: D

When a sound wave enters the ear, it sets the eardrum into oscillation, which  in turn causes oscillation of 3 tiny bones in the middle ear called ossicles. This oscillation is finally transmitted to the fluid filled in inner portion of the ear termed as inner ear, the motion of the fluid disturbs hair calls within the inner ear which transmit nerve impulses to the brain with information that a sound is present. The three bones present in the middle ear are named as hammer, anvil and stirrup. Out of these the stirrup is the smallest one and this only connects the middle  ear to inner ear as shown in the figure below. The area of stirrup and its extent of connection with the inner ear limits the sensitivity of the human ear. Consider a person's eat whose moving part of the eardrum has an area of about 43 mm$^{2}$ and the area of stirrup is about 3.2 mm$^{2}$. The mass of ossicles is negligible. As a result, force  exerted by sound wave in air on eardrum and ossicles is same as the force exerted by ossicles on the inner ear. Consider a sound wave having maximum pressure fluctuation of $3\times10^{-2}$ Pa from its normal equilibrium pressure value which is wqual to $10^{5}$ Pa. Frequency of sound wave is 1200 Hz. 
Data: Velocity of sound wave in air is  332 m/s. Velocity of sound wave in fluid (present in inner ear) is 1500 m/s. Bulk modulus of air is $1.42\times10^{5}$ Pa. Bulk modulus of fluid is $2.18\times10^{9}$ Pa.


Find the pressure amplitude of given sound wave in the fluid of inner ear. 

  1. 0.03 Pa

  2. 0.04 Pa

  3. 0.3 Pa

  4. 0.4 Pa


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Given :   Area of stirrup        $A _s = 3.2 mm^2     = 3.2\times 10^{-6}$ $m^2$

             
  Area of eardrum     $A = 43  mm^2  = 43 \times 10^{-6} m^2$

  Pressure amplitude at eardrum    $P _o =  3 \times 10^{-2}$  Pa

Force exerted by sound wave in air on eardrum       

$F =  P _o A = 3 \times 10^{-2} \times 43 \times 10^{-6}   = 129 \times 10^{-8}$N

According to question , force exerted on eardrum is equal to force exerted by ossicles on the inner ear.

Let pressure amplitude in the fluid of inner ear be  $p' _o$

$\therefore$    $p' _o  = \dfrac{F}{A _s}  =  \dfrac{129 \times10^{-8}}{3.2 \times 10^{-6}}   = 0.4$ Pa

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