5.4 Hearing

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

SENSE

SENSE ORGAN

STIMULUS

SENSORY 

RECEPTOR

NEURONS

Hearing

Sound waves

Ear

Convert stimuli into nerve impulses

Transport nerve impulses 

Form a connection between the senses and the brain

Do you already know some names
for parts of the ear?

WORK ON THE LEARNING GOALS

• Note with AKU

• Study in your own way (check the learning goals on SOM)

I AM GOING TO ...

1. Work on a note with AKU
2. Study the learning goals my own way

TALKING EXERCISE

Discuss with your classmate...

why you can hear sounds from inside your body (like your 

heart beat or breath) better when you have a bad cold. 

Where can we find the sensory receptors?

1. Cochlea
2. Semicircular canals
3. Auditory nerve
4. Eardrum

Which part is responsible for the sense of balance?

1. Cochlea
2. Semicircular canals
3. Auditory nerve
4. Eardrum

Which part(s) control(s) the air pressure in the middle ear?

1. Hammer - Anvil - Stirrup
2. Ear drum
3. Ear canal
4. Eustachian tube

The sense of the ear is called ...

BINGO! 

1. Copy the table to your notebook. 

2. Choose 16 terms from 5.1-5.4 to

put in your bingo card (use the 

glossary at the end of the chapter)

3. Let's start. When you hear the 

explanation for one of your terms, 

you tick the box. 4 boxes in a row = BINGO!