Sound and Hearing

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. State of matter with a fixed shape (5)
  2. 6. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound (7)
  3. 8. A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing (7)
  4. 9. Of or relating to the process of hearing (8)
  5. 10. The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause (5)
  6. 12. A device that requires skill for proper use (10)
  7. 13. A proceeding where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching (7)
  8. 14. German physicist who was the first to produce electromagnetic waves artificially (5)
  9. 15. State of matter that fills any space, like air (3)

Down

  1. 2. State of matter that flows like water (6)
  2. 3. The number of occurrences within a given time period (9)
  3. 4. Rolling swells on the sea (5)
  4. 5. The maximum displacement of a periodic wave (9)
  5. 6. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium (3)
  6. 7. A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (plural) (9)
  7. 11. Any bundle of ___ fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (5)