What is the main idea of the passage?
Elevators are hard to build
All buildings need pulleys
Pulleys and ramps are useful machines that help people move up and down
Escalators are dangerous
What do pulleys and ramps help you do?
Turn lights on
Open doors
Move up or down
Fly an airplane
What powers most elevators?
A belt
Stairs
A ramp
A pulley on a motor
How does a pulley help an elevator?
It moves the elevator up and down
It makes the lights turn on
It makes people walk faster
It opens the elevator doors
What is an escalator?
A slow elevator
A flat belt
A moving ramp with steps
A flying machine
What does the motor do in an escalator?
Opens the doors
Pushes the people
Turns on the lights
Pulls the steps around the ramp
What does the escalator use to move the steps?
Pulley
Rope
Stick
Belt
What happened after elevators were invented?
Buildings were built taller
People stopped building
Buildings became shorter
Ramps were removed
When was the first public elevator built?
1857
1921
2000
1890
When was the first modern escalator built?
1857
2020
1921
1965
Which of these is a simple machine mentioned in the passage?
Belt
Escalator
Pulley
Motor
How are ramps and escalators alike?
Both are flat
Both help people go up and down
Both are doors
Both are used to cook
What pulls the steps around in an escalator?
Handle
Fan
Belt
Pulley
Where might you see a pulley being used today?
Inside a motor of an elevator
On a bicycle
On a TV screen
In a backpack
Why is the passage called “Moving Up”?
Because it’s about swimming
Because it’s about machines that help people go higher
Because it talks about airplanes
Because it talks about sleeping
