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Wright Brothers

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What were the names of the Wright Brothers?
a)
Wilbur and Orville
b)
Brian and Jason
c)
William and Oliver
d)
Elliott and Frank
2.
What got them interested in flying?
a)
When their dad game them their first toy helicopter. 
b)
When they someone else flying. 
c)
When they would look at the birds flying. 
d)
When they read books about it. 
3.
When did they make their first flight?
a)
December 14 1903
b)
April 16 1867
c)
August 19 1871
d)
April 3 1985
4.
Where did they make their first flight?
a)
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
b)
Dayton, Ohio
c)
Reno, Nevada
d)
Millville, Indiana
5.

The Wright Brothers invented the __________.

a)

light bulb

b)

airplane

c)

telephone

6.

There were ____ brothers that invented the airplane.

a)

four

b)

three

c)

two

7.

What did their plane look like?

a)
b)
8.

Look at the photograph. Circle the photograph that shows the Wright Brothers.

a)
b)
c)
9.
When Orville and Wilbur were in their 20s, they opened a show where they sold, repaired, and built
a)
toys.
b)
kites.
c)
gliders.
d)
bicycles.
10.

Where did the Wright Flyer airplane first flew successfully?

a)

Dayton, Ohio

b)

New York, New York

c)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

d)

San Francisco, California

11.

By the 1890s, the Wrights were interested in flight, especially the gliders of _____ __________.

a)

Otto Lilienthal.

b)

Amelia Earhart

c)

Henry Ford

12.

When bicycles became popular, the Wright brothers opened a shop where they sold and repaired _________.

a)

Cars

b)

Bicycles

c)

Motorcycles

d)

Electric fans

13.

They built wings that could be twisted a little and moved up and down slightly, to control flight. They called this steering system called _________ _________

a)

wing-warping

b)

auto-matic

c)

auto-pilot

d)

wing-suit flying

14.

The Wright Brothers study ________ to improve their invention.

a)

bats

b)

bird wings

c)

butterflies

d)

toys

15.

The Wright Brothers build their own ________ to put on the flying machine.

a)

wood

b)

wings

c)

engine

d)

helmet

16.

What type of flying machine did the Wright Brothers experiment with?

a)

kites

b)

gliders

c)

hot air balloons

d)

rockets

17.

The Wright brothers invented a box-shaped wind tunnel to:

a)

earn money by selling it to other inventors

b)

answer their question about wing design

c)

use it as a model for a much larger tunnel they would build later

18.

How long did the flight last?

a)

12 seconds

b)

12 hours

c)

12 days

19.

Where did the wright brothers fly there plane

a)

Orlando

b)

Honolulu

c)

Kitty Hawk

d)

Garland