Just Listen Questions

What question does paragraph 3 help to answer?

• How do ears take in sounds?

• What do eardrums do?

• How do noises travel?

• What do sounds feel like?

Which sentence explains why there are no sounds in outer space?

• Sound waves cannot travel fast enough to be heard in space.

• Sound waves cannot bounce off things in space.

• There is no air in space for sound waves to travel through.

• There are no people or animals in space to hear sound waves.

What happens right after sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate?

• The brain makes sense of what is heard.

• Nerve hairs send signals to the brain.

• Sound waves travel through the ear canal.

• Some sound waves cause lower sounds.

Which phrase from the passage best explains the meaning of “silence” as it is used in paragraph 7?

• “There are no sounds” (paragraph 7)

• “Because there is no air” (paragraph 7)

• “Sound waves bounce back” (paragraph 8)

• “Clap your hands in an empty room” (paragraph 8)

Which sentence best states the main idea of the passage?

• Some noises are loud and others are quiet.

• Sound waves do not travel through all things the same way.

• Vibrations create sound waves that let us hear noises.

• There is no air or sound in outer space.

Based on the passage, what does the author most likely think about how people hear?

• Learning how people understand sounds is very interesting.

• It is strange that all sounds do not return to where they start.

• It is hard to find out how people make sense of sounds.

• The fact that there is no sound in space is a problem.

Which sentence best states the main idea of the passage?

• Some noises are loud and others are quiet.

• Sound waves do not travel through all things the same way.

• Vibrations create sound waves that let us hear noises.

• There is no air or sound in outer space.