Airplanes and Flight

What type of business did the Wright Brothers have before building a plane?

• Lawn Care Business

• Bicycle Repair Shop

• Construction Company

What did the Wright Brothers use to help them learn more about wings?

• Toy Airplanes

• Bicycles

• Kites

What was the name of the small fishing village where they tested a glider?

• North Carolina

• Dayton Ohio

• Kitty Hawk

What was the problem with testing a glider?

• Gliders have no engine and only operate by wind.

• Gliders are two big to fly in the sky.

• Gliders do not have wings.

What was the name of the first powered machine built by the Wright Brothers?

• Glider 1

• Flyer 1

• Hawk 1

How many feet did Flyer 1 travel?

• 120

• 200

• 7

What inferences can make about how the invention of the plane changed the world?

• The inventions of planes would allow people to travel further distances in a shorter time.

• The inventions of planes would prevent people from using other modes of transportation.

• The inventions of planes would force people to learn how to become pilots.

The author most likely included the picture on page 465 to help the reader....

• See how well the plane was built.

• Have a visual of what the first plane looked like.

• Understand how well the Wright brothers got along with each other.

After testing the glider, how many years went by before the Wright brothers built the Flyer 1?

• 6

• 12

• 3

Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the Wright brothers were persistent?

• "The Wright brothers experimented with kites to learn more about how wings worked."

• "The glider didn't work as well as they hoped, but they didn't give up."

• "By the end of the day, both brothers had flown twice."