Airplanes

Which statement is NOT true about airplanes?

• they are a type of aircraft

• they have wings that don't move

• they have an engine

• they all have propellers

What text features best help us understand the differences between propeller engines and jet engines?

• the photographs

• the index

• the table of contents

• the bold words

Which text features tell us this book is about airplanes?

• photographs

• captions

• headings

• all of these

Who built the first airplanes?

• the Wright brothers

• Charles Lindbergh

• Amelia Earhart

• Snoopy

What was the author's key idea about airplanes used in war?

• they made wars more dangerous

• they changed how wars were fought

• the military didn't want to use planes

• the Red Baron flew a red airplane

In what ways have airplanes been used to save lives?

• to transport sick people to the hospital

• to carry doctors to remote areas

• to help put out fires

• all of these

How does the table of contents help readers?

• it shows what airplanes look like

• it tells about the photographs

• it lists topics and page numbers

• it gives the definitions of the bold words

Why does the author include the "Think and Talk About feature"?

• to show exactly what airplanes look like

• to add interesting facts

• to show how a jet engine works

• to tell what each section would be about

Why did the author use photographs in this book?

• to show what what airplanes might have looked like

• to take up more room on the page

• to show the reader what pages are most important

• to show exactly what the airplanes looked like

How did the author show that passenger flights became more and more popular?

• by telling about different types of planes and how many people they could carry

• a chart showed the information

• the author didn't show this information

• by using bold and highlighted words