RI 5.3 - Technical Text Practice

Do you love zipping a radio-control car through your kitchen? Have you seen people flying radio-control airplanes in a field? The science behind how remote-control toys work is interesting. Many of these toys are operated through radio control. Radio controlled toys are battery or gas-powered vehicles that can be controlled from a distance using a transmitter or remote.

What is a radio controlled toy?

• A battery-powered speaker that can be used to listen to music and talk shows

• A battery or gas-powered vehicle that can be controlled from a distance using a remote

• A gas-powered vehicle that you drive or ride in

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Do you love zipping a radio-control car through your kitchen? Have you seen people flying radio-control airplanes in a field? The science behind how remote-control toys work is interesting. Many of these toys are operated through radio control. Radio controlled toys are battery or gas-powered vehicles that can be controlled from a distance using a transmitter or remote.

What can you infer based on the underlined sentence?

• Radio-controlled cars are very large and must be used outdoors.

• Radio-controlled cars are small and portable.

• Radio-controlled cars can only be used when connected to wi-fi.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

While there are differences in how radio-controlled toys operate, all of these toys have four main parts. The transmitter is the control you hold in your hands. It sends radio waves to the receiver. The receiver is an antenna and circuit board that is located inside the toy that gets signals from the transmitter, which initiates motors in the toy. The motors work to turn the wheels and steer the toy. All radio-controlled toys have a power source, which is typically batteries.

What are the four main parts that all radio-controlled toys have?

• Remote, Buttons, Motors, Power Source

• Transmitter, Remote, Receiver, Motors

• Transmitter, Receiver, Motors, Power Source

• Receiver, Motors, Wires, Power Source

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CCSS.RI.5.1

While there are differences in how radio-controlled toys operate, all of these toys have four main parts. The transmitter is the control you hold in your hands. It sends radio waves to the receiver. The receiver is an antenna and circuit board that is located inside the toy that gets signals from the transmitter, which initiates motors in the toy. The motors work to turn the wheels and steer the toy. All radio-controlled toys have a power source, which is typically batteries.

What is the relationship between the receiver and the transmitter?

• The receiver sends radio waves to the transmitter, which turns the wheels.

• The receiver and the transmitter do not interact with one another.

• The receiver gets signals from the transmitter so it knows when to initiate the motors.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

While there are differences in how radio-controlled toys operate, all of these toys have four main parts. The transmitter is the control you hold in your hands. It sends radio waves to the receiver. The receiver is an antenna and circuit board that is located inside the toy that gets signals from the transmitter, which initiates motors in the toy. The motors work to turn the wheels and steer the toy. All radio-controlled toys have a power source, which is typically batteries.

Which of the four main parts work directly with the wheels to steer the toy?

• Receiver

• Transmitter

• Motors

• Batteries

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

While there are differences in how radio-controlled toys operate, all of these toys have four main parts. The transmitter is the control you hold in your hands. It sends radio waves to the receiver. The receiver is an antenna and circuit board that is located inside the toy that gets signals from the transmitter, which initiates motors in the toy. The motors work to turn the wheels and steer the toy. All radio-controlled toys have a power source, which is typically batteries.

The word transmitter comes from the base word transmit, which means "to send." Why do you think the remote is referred to as a transmitter in this paragraph?

• Because it sends messages to the motors

• Because it sends radio waves to the receiver

• Because it receives radio waves from the power source

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

While there are differences in how radio-controlled toys operate, all of these toys have four main parts. The transmitter is the control you hold in your hands. It sends radio waves to the receiver. The receiver is an antenna and circuit board that is located inside the toy that gets signals from the transmitter, which initiates motors in the toy. The motors work to turn the wheels and steer the toy. All radio-controlled toys have a power source, which is typically batteries.

What causes the wheels the turn?

• the motors

• the joystick

• the receiver

• the power source

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

Some radio-controlled toys are operated with a single-function controller, which can make the toy go either forward or backward. Other radio-controlled toys have full-function controllers which can go forward, reverse, forward left, forward right, reverse left, and reverse right. The more advanced controllers use joysticks for more precise direction.

Understanding how radio-controlled toys work will help you next time you are operating a remote-control car, flying a plane, or sailing a ship.

David drives his radio-controlled toy forward into the kitchen, then uses the joystick to turn right, avoiding crashing into the table. Which type of controller is David using?

• Single-function

• Full-function

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Some radio-controlled toys are operated with a single-function controller, which can make the toy go either forward or backward. Other radio-controlled toys have full-function controllers which can go forward, reverse, forward left, forward right, reverse left, and reverse right. The more advanced controllers use joysticks for more precise direction.

Understanding how radio-controlled toys work will help you next time you are operating a remote-control car, flying a plane, or sailing a ship.

Which type of controller allows for more precise direction?

• Single-Function

• Full-Function

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is true about this passage that proves it is a Technical Text?

• The passage told the true story of a person, place, and/or event in history, providing dates and names.

• The passage gives steps in order, telling how something works.

• The passage told facts about scientific ideas to help the reader understand the world.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5