Wonders Unit 4 Week 4 - Vocab & Comprehension

Who invented the first hot air balloon?

• the Chinese

• the Wright brothers

• Jean-Pierre Blanchard

• the Montgolfier brothers

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CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

Besides temperature, how are cold air and hot air DIFFERENT?

• Cold air rises up in the sky.

• Cold air is lighter than hot air.

• Hot air is lighter than cold air.

• Hot air stays close to the ground.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

How do pilots steer a hot air balloon?

• They lean from side to side.

• They use the wind currents.

• They use a steering wheel.

• They turn handlebars.

The reader can conclude that once the Wright Brothers invented the first airplane, people no longer traveled by hot air balloon because...

• traveling by hot air balloon cost more money.

• traveling by hot air balloon took less time.

• traveling by airplane cost more money.

• traveling by airplane took less time.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which kind of day would be best for a hot air balloon ride?

• a cloudy day with little wind

• a clear day with little wind

• a cloudy, windy day

• a clear, windy day

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

What does the word controlled mean?

• made something happen by asking

• made something happen by pushing

• made something happen by accident

• made something happen by using power

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which of the following is NOT an example of motion?

• biking

• walking

• sitting

• running

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CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

What does the word flight mean?

• to move along the ground

• to move through the air

• to move quickly

• to move by sea

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the word impossible mean?

• never started

• unable to be done

• never had the opportunity

• completed something successfully

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read the dictionary entry below.

noun

1. a way towards a specific point

2. a specific instruction

Which selection vocabulary word matches the dictionary entry?

• direction

• flight

• motion

• passengers

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4