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