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Impact 3 & Flying High

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1. Wings probably ....... from body features of insects' aquatic ancestors.

Evolve

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2. Scientists look for evidence to .... that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

Prove

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3. The ancient Chinese were ..... at kite-making.

skilled

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4. Da Vinci's glider might have worked if its design had allowed for more .... movement.

stable

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5. A pterosaur's bones and muscles were strong enough to ..... its great weight in the air.

support

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6. Gravity is the ....... that pulls objects down towards the Earth.

force

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7. True flight is the flight that is ..... by a source of energy.

powered

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8. The Wright Brothers' Flyer was controlled by a .....

pilot

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9. Leonardo Da Vinci drew designs for flying machines including a glider and a .....

parachute

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10. Icarus powered himself towards the sun by ... his wings.

flapping

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11. Animals have not always had the ...... to fly.

capability

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12. Unit 5 Explorer, Ryan Carney, investigates the theory that ..... in birds originated from "the ground up" and not from "the trees down".

flight

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13. It is believed that birds first learned to ..... before eventually flying.

glide

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14. The Wright Brothers' last plane landed only because it ran out of ....

fuel

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15. The research shows that some birds learnt to fly because of their light, .... wings.

hollow

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16. The .... of the first reptiles was over 10 metres.

wingspan

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