Ears
Listen to responses from the audience; remember this is a two way interaction. You may even be able to include audience participation as a part of your presentation.
Listen carefully to all questions and make sure you understand them. Identify any key words in their questions and use these in your reply.
Try to relish your question time. Don't be scared that someone will ask you something that you cannot answer. If you have researched your topic properly, you can think of yourself as the class expert in the field. Questions can help you to refine yopur understanding of the topic and help you to think about the material from a new perspective. If worst coms to the worst, use the words "I don't know". Afterwall, no one expects you to know absolutely everything there is to know on a given topic. The very best lecturers will admit when they don't know something, and they will make it their business to find out and to report back to their class.
Try to avoid the temptation of planting questions in the audience. Your friends are rarely good enough actors to make this look convincing and it makes you look less than professional if you are so scared of questions that you have to write them for your audience members.
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