Hot Air Balloon test

What choice means almost the SAME as the word controlled?

• make a decision

• to travel somewhere

• against the law

• moved by something else

Which words mean the OPPOSITE of the word impossible?

• difficult

• hopeless

• likely

• possible

What vocabulary word means "to start something in motion"?

• direction

• launch

• motion

• flight

In the sentence "Our current president is Donald Trump." What does the word "current" mean

• A path of wind

• Today, right, now modern

• A flow of electricity through a circuit.

"The lightning shorted out the current to the cable box." In this sentence "current" means...

• Today, right, now modern

• A path of wind

• A flow of electricity through a circuit.

Read this sentence from the text, "Ballooning became very popular."

Which sentence below uses popular with the same meaning as the sentence from the story?

• My students popular around the room during the Christmas party.

• I'm going to popular all of my money on cotton candy.

• Lots of kids play video games that are popular these days.

• Mrs. Black will popular all the time when she's at Disney World

Choose the answer below that shows how the author used cause and effect in the text.

• many balloons take off at the same time, the sky fills with color

• Blanchard flew a balloon in America, George Washington watched

• the air in the balloon is heated, the balloon lifts off the ground

• an airship has a gas balloon, pilots could steer them

What are some of the text features on pages 350-351?

• map, diagram, photograph and captions

• map, highlighted text, captions

• photographs, captions, heading and bold words

• highlighted text and captions

Read the paragraph.

Throughout history, people have wondered what it would be like to fly. The Chinese watched their kites move with the wind. The Greeks told stories of men who made wings to help them fly. People drew pictures of flying machines. But flying seemed impossible.

How are the ideas connected in the paragraph? Pick two choices.

• By telling how people fly on hot air balloon

• By comparing flying to kites

• By comparing flying machines to wings

• By comparing people who wanted to fly

• By telling how people thought about flying

What is the Main Idea on pages 354-355

• A pilot uses these currents to move from place to place

• When he finds a current going in the direction he wants to go, he lets the balloon ride the wind right or left.

• Pilots can’t control how fast the balloon moves that is controlled by the wind.

• Riding a hot air balloon is an adventure