Order how sound reaches your brain

Exercise and reference answers

Steps

1. A vibrating object creates a disturbance in the air
2. The disturbance travels as a longitudinal wave
3. The wave reaches your ear and vibrates the eardrum
4. Tiny bones amplify the vibration to the inner ear
5. Nerve signals reach the brain, which interprets sound

Instructions

Tap the stages in order, from a vibrating object to the sound your brain finally hears.