Reasons and Evidence - Pyramids

Reasons and Evidence - Pyramids

Multiple Select

Which of the following sentences should go in the blank box? (Choose all that apply.)

• “School uniforms can cost less than $150.”

• “Wearing uniforms helps students be confident.”

• “Uniforms set a standard for how to look professional.”

• “Many jobs and careers have uniforms and dress codes.”

Multiple Choice

Reread paragraph 2, shown below. Chose the line that expresses the author's opinion.

• The Egyptians must have used some kind of machine to lift the blocks of stone.

• A chine is any tool that makes it easier to do work.

• Some machines have many moving parts, but simple machines have only a few or no moving parts.

• Inclines planes, wedges, screws, levers, wheels and axels, and pulleys are all simple machines.

Multiple Select

Which of these statements from the article are reasons that support the author's opinion? Select two that apply.

• "It is made of more than two million stone blocks, and each one weighs more than most cars!"

• "The ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids had to move the stones using only their muscles."

• "Inclined planes, wedges, screws, levers, wheels and axels, and pulleys are all simple machines."

• "A load can either be lifted straight up or moved over an inclined plane."

• "We cannot know exactly how the pyramids were built."

Multiple Choice

What evidence supports experts' opinion that the Egyptians "just pulled the blocks up the sides of the pyramids"?

• The largest pyramid was the tallest structure in the world.

• Each side of a pyramid is an inclined plane.

• Simple machines have only a few or no moving parts.

• The people who worked as the builders had.a difficult job.

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, which sentence states an opinion that some experts have?

• A ramp is a kind of inclined plane.

• Simple machines do not have many moving parts.

• The Egyptians used ramps to lift the blocks.

• The Great Pyramid contains more than two million stone blocks.

Multiple Choice

Which fact from the article supports the answer from the last question?

• "The ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids had to move the stones using only their muscles."

• "A ramp is...a simple machine made up of a flat surface with one end higher than the other."

• "An inclined plane makes the distance longer, so it takes less force to raise a load to the same height."

• "Experts can form opinions about what likely happened by looking at the evidence that survived."