Wonders-Hot Air Balloons- Vocabulary and Comprehension

What does the word "controlled" mean?

• made something happen by asking

• made something happen by pushing

• made something happen by accident

• made something happen by using power

Which of the following is NOT an example of motion?

• biking

• running

• sitting

• walking

What does the word "flight" mean?

• to move along the ground

• to move through the air

• to move quickly

• to move by sea

What does the word "impossible" mean?

• never started

• unable to be done

• never had the opportunity

• completed something successfully

Read the dictionary entry below.

"Noun- 1. a way towards a specific point. 2. a specific instruction"

Which selection vocabulary word matches the dictionary entry?

• direction

• flight

• motion

• passengers

What does the word "passengers" mean?

• people who work on a vehicle

• people who travel in a vehicle

• People who drive a vehicle

• people who sell vehicles

What does the word "launch" mean?

• to watch something move

• to catch something as it falls

• to start something in motion

• to roll something on the ground

What does the word "popular" mean?

• to have a best friend

• to know many people

• to only have a few friends

• to be liked by many people

Who invented the first hot air balloon?

• Rick Springfield

• the Wright brothers

• Jean-Pierre Blanchard

• the Montgolfier brothers

Besides temperature, how are cold air and hot air DIFFERENT?

• Cold air rises up in the sky.

• Cold air is lighter than hot air.

• Hot air is lighter than cold air.

• Hot air stays close to the ground.