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Sound: Properties, Transmission and the Ear
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

A fisherman in Trinidad notices that he can hear the engine of another boat more clearly when he places his ear against the wooden hull of his own vessel. Which property of sound does this observation demonstrate?

  1. Sound travels faster through solids than through air
  2. Sound can only travel through water
  3. Sound waves are transverse waves
  4. Sound requires a vacuum to travel
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✓ Answer: A — Sound travels faster through solids than through air
Award 1 mark for recognising that sound travels faster through solids than through gases. B is incorrect because sound can travel through air, water, and solids. C is incorrect because sound waves are longitudinal waves, not transverse. D is incorrect because sound cannot travel through a vacuum — it requires a medium.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

During a Carnival parade in Port of Spain, a steel pan player strikes a tenor pan. The sound produced travels to a listener standing nearby. Which part of the ear first receives the vibrations from the air?

  1. Cochlea
  2. Eardrum (tympanic membrane)
  3. Auditory nerve
  4. Oval window
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✓ Answer: B — Eardrum (tympanic membrane)
Award 1 mark for identifying the eardrum/tympanic membrane as the first structure to receive air vibrations. A is incorrect because the cochlea receives vibrations after they pass through the middle ear bones. C is incorrect because the auditory nerve transmits electrical impulses, not vibrations. D is incorrect because the oval window receives vibrations from the stapes, not directly from the air.
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Kramizo currently has 20 exam-board-aligned practice questions on Sound: Properties, Transmission and the Ear for CXC CSEC Integrated Science, with new questions added every week. Each question gives you instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme that tells you exactly what would earn marks on a real CXC paper. The questions span the full difficulty range — from straightforward recall (level 1) right up to multi-step reasoning and evaluation (level 3) — so the bank works for first-pass revision and final exam-week stress testing alike.
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Are the Sound: Properties, Transmission and the Ear questions aligned to the official CXC CSEC Integrated Science syllabus?
Every question is written against the published CXC CSEC Integrated Science specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real CXC paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from CXC.
How is Sound: Properties, Transmission and the Ear typically tested on CXC CSEC Integrated Science papers?
Sound: Properties, Transmission and the Ear appears across multiple question types on real CXC CSEC Integrated Science papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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