Adventure on a Hot Air Balloon Readworks

What makes landing the hot air balloon a challenge?

• the gondola

• the wind

• the parking lot

• the time of day

What problem does Keith Rodriguez solve?

• how to fly from Ohio to Pennsylvania in his hot air balloon

• how to increase the altitude of his hot air balloon

• how to safely land his hot air balloon

• how to change direction on his own in his hot air balloon

A hot air balloon floats because the air inside the balloon is warmer than the air outside of it.

What information from the story supports this statement.

• Hot air is lighter than cold air.

• One cubic foot of air weighs about an ounce.

• The air inside the balloon swirls in complicated, invisible patterns.

• The hot air balloon is sinking, but still flying forward.

Bases on the information in the passage, what would make a good landing for a hot air balloon?

• a large, open space with no buildings

• a large space with lots of tall buildings

• a small, narrow space near a highway

• a small space, such as a roof of a building.

What is the story mainly about?

• a hot air balloon that scares lots of people when it lands in a parking lot

• a hot air balloon that does not work properly

• a person who gets stuck up in the air and does not know what to do

• a person trying to land a hot air balloon in difficult conditions

Read the following sentences: "To drop altitude more quickly, Rodriguez can pull a cord attached to a parachute valve at the very top of the balloon. Since the hottest air sits at the top, this releases the balloon's most buoyant air and increases the speed of the descent."

What does the word altitude mean in the sentence above?

• length

• width

• height

• volume

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Keith Rodriguez was planning to land in a cornfield;____________________, he changes his mind because of the wind.

• previously

• however

• as a result

• for example