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Skills 3 Pre-Assessment

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10 questions

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Question 2

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What do the teachers want to make students understand about airplanes?

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Question 3

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Who expects to win the paper airplane contest because he is strong?

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Question 1

1.

What is the paper airplane contest?

a contest to see which student is the strongest

a contest to see which paper airplane flies the farthest

a contest to see which student can build a fighter plane

Question 4

4.

Read these sentences: “Brian won because he tried out many solutions to the problem of how to make an airplane fly very far. He did this by testing out many different designs and comparing the results. When he found the design that worked best — the paper airplane that flew the farthest — he used it.”

What does the word design mean above?

the way something has been built

the distance that something can travel

the amount of time it takes to do something

Question 5

5.

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Brian wins the paper airplane contest _______ he tried out different kinds of planes.

because

before

so

Question 6

6.

Does the paper airplane contest teach students anything about how real airplanes fly? Explain why or why not, using evidence from the story.

Question 7

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Based on the events of the story, what has a big effect on how far a paper airplane flies?

the design of a paper airplane

the color of a paper airplane

the kind of paper the airplane is made out of

Question 8

8.

Paul is stronger than Brian, but his paper airplane does not fly as far Brian’s airplane.

What can be concluded from this information?

Paul built a paper airplane with a better design than Brian’s airplane.

If Paul had thrown his paper airplane earlier in the contest, it would have flown farther.

How far a paper airplane flies depends on more than just strength.

Question 9

9.

A problem in this passage is how to make a paper airplane that flies far.

What is Brian’s solution to this problem?

testing different paper airplane designs to figure out which one works best

letting out a mighty yell as he walks up to the line and launches his paper airplane

asking his science teacher for help before he starts building his paper airplane

Question 10

10.

What is a theme of the story?

the importance of building strength through sports like wrestling

the importance of trying different ways to solve a problem

the importance of always paying attention in science class