Question

Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

This is an example of transduction.

Explanation:

Sound from the external environment is collected by the outer ear. It then passes through the auditory canal and reaches the tympanum.

The tympanum then vibrates and these vibrations are then sent to the middle ear which consists of three small bones called malleus, incus and stapes. The sound is amplified  by these tiny bones and the amplified sound is sent to the inner ear.

From the inner ear the sound signals are converted into electrical signals and the auditory nerve sends these signals to the brain. What takes place here is transduction .