Sounds Explorer Junior Ranger Answer Key

Here are the answers to the questions that have specific answers. The rest of the answers to the questions are up to what you hear.

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Here are links to some of our favorite sounds:

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Can sound travel through solids?
Yes.

Can sound travel through liquids?
Yes.

Can sound travel in space?
Yes, but we can’t hear it.
graphic with 4 images in a row on top (left to right: ambulance,mouse,cello,thunderstorm). And 4 images in a row below of sound waves (L to R: 4 short peaks,2 tall peaks,6 tall peaks,2 short peaks). You are asked to match the sound wave to the sound maker

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Ambulance= 3rd from left
Mouse= 1st
Cello= 4th
Thunder=2
a graphic of a game where you have to match a picture of the sound maker with a description of the sound they make.

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Orca=3
Mouse=2
Snake=1
Fox=5
Drum=4

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Of the sounds listed on this page, Abraham Lincoln would have heard:
Hiking or walking
Horses
Trains
Storytelling
The sounds of cooking a delicious meal on a fire, stone, brick, and gas oven. What are some things that make it hard to hear?

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What are some things that make it hard to hear?
Traffic
Leaf blower
Lawnmower
Music
Cell Phone ring
People YELLING
Wind
To learn more about noise, visit our website

What are two things you can do to hear sounds better in parks?
Here are a couple of ideas:
Turn off your cell phone
Use a quiet voice
Sit quietly and listen
Keep a tally of every kind of sound you hear on your walk
ind a sound you like

For more ideas on how to hear sounds better, visit our website

Want to explore more junior ranger programs?
Visit the NPS Jr. Ranger website

Here are the parks that appear in this book:
Cover, clockwise starting in top, left: Big Cypress National Preserve, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Bandelier National Monument, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Page 9 Canaveral National Seashore

Page 10 Everglades National Park

Page 14 Point Reyes National Seashore

Page 16 Acadia National Park

Page 21 Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Text Alternative for the Answer Key for Question 12


Left Column: 5 photos:
  • Orca
  • Mouse
  • Snake
  • Fox
  • Drum
Right Column: Text descriptions of sounds:
  1. I use sound to tell predators not to attack me. If you get too close, I rattle my tail and hiss to say, “Stay Away!” I do not have ears. I use my jawbone to feel sound vibrations. That is how I hear what is around me.
  2. I live in the desert. I spend most of my days underground! To communicate with my friends, I thump my big feet on the ground. This is called “foot drumming.” Sometimes foot drumming will scare away predators.
  3. I travel with my friends. I use whistles to communicate with my pod. I also use high-pitched clicks that echo back to me. The echoes tell me what is around me and help me catch fish.
  4. I can be very loud. American Indians use me in different events. I also help keep the beat in your favorite music.
  5. I use my sense of hearing to locate prey above and below ground. I can hear a mouse squeaking 330 feet away. I use sound to communicate with my friends. I have 28 different barks, growls, whines, cackles, and howls.

Answers:
  • Orca matches with 3
  • Mouse matches with 2
  • Snake matches with 1
  • Fox matches with 5
  • Drum matches with 4

Last updated: November 21, 2019

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