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