Helicopters- Forde Ferrier p. 37

What is the selection mainly about?

• The history of helicopters

• Igor Sikorsky

• How helicopters work

• Helicopter uses around the world

How do you know from this text that inventions many years ago are still helpful today?

• A. Helicopters are used for helping put out fires, transporting injured people to hospitals, and military operations.

• B. The design of helicopters has changed over time.

• Helicopters were used in finding Osama Bin Laden.

• Other inventors altered the design of the original helicopter.

What idea from the text tells the reader that the helicopter is considered a flying magic machine?

• Different men with helicopter designs.

• Helicopter design changing over time.

• Nobody thought that people could hover over the ground.

• Landing on a glacier and going down into the Grand Canyon.

In paragraph 5, the word fixed means--

• repair

• set

• moving

• unsteady

The picture is included to-

• show how helicopters are made

• describe the uses of helicopters

• help the reader see what a helicopter looks like.

• show how helicopter designs have changed over time.

A synonym for hover found in paragraph 1 would be-

• float

• disappear

• stable

• glide

What fact justifies that helicopters are a good invention?

• a design has changed over the years

• they have many uses

• Sometime around 400 B.C. Chinese Children invented a toy

• Inside the cockpit there are many different devices that help the helicopter fly.

Why is paragraph 10 important to this selection?

• Helicopters help find criminals.

• Helicopters can be used for many purposes.

• Helicopters aren't just used for the military.

• Helicopters are used for recreation.

9. What detail supports the fact that Igot Sikorsky was determined?

• In 1931 he returned to working on helicopters.

• The first helicopter was called VS-300, and it stayed aloft for one hour and thirty-two minutes.

• His first attempts were a failure and for many years he concentrated on airplanes.

• Three men developed new applications and technical innovations to the original Sikorsky helicopter.

Look at the diagram below. Which sentence best completes the diagram? Which sentence completes the diagram?

1. About 400 B.C., Chinese children played with toys that had blades mounted to a stick.

2. The first main use for the helicopter cam in World War II.

3.

4. Some of the most famous helicopters of today were those used to find Osama Bin Laden.

• It worked by having a three-blade rotor on the top of the aircraft.

• The military used helicopters in both the Korean War and Vietnam.

• He made the first helicopter that is like modern helicopters.

• The were called hoppers.