WorksheetsThe Writght Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is the author of this selection?
Orville Wright
Russell Freedman
Colonel Sanders
Tom Brady
What genre is this selection?
autobiography
biography
fiction short story
graphic novel
What is the best definition for experiment?
a test that decides if the author is correct
a rubric that lets you know if the author followed directions
a plan
a test to determine if an idea is true or to see if a device works
While the brothers worked, they lived in a _____? pg. 275
tent
small house
shed
apartment
What is a hangar?
a contraption that allows you to hang up your clothes
a place to spend time with your friends
A thing that shoots paper airplanes
a shelter for storing an aircraft
What does cropped up mean?
crops went up
the corn is growing
happened suddenly or unexpectedly
sneaking up behind someone
On page 276, the Wright brothers considered their work a ____?
prize
failure
joy
surprise
Which of the following materials was not used in creating model wings?
tin
galvanized iron
plastic
steel
When the Wright brothers were working on system lab work, which of the following were they NOT doing?
testing
dancing
measuring
calculating
What is an apparatus?
piece of equipment
a type of food
an animal
a place to store airplanes
A device that allowed the pilot to lie down and use hip movement to control the rudder and wings is called?
hip shaker
wing warping
hip cradle
wing speed
By the middle of September, they had assembled their new glider and were trying it out. Who was in the pilot's seat. pg. 278
Orville
Wilbur
Both, they took turns
Neil Armstrong
What did Orville fugure out in bed one sleepless night?
Wilbur was a terrible pilot
The. plane was too heavy and needed to be lighter
The cure was to make the tail moveable-like a ship's rudder or bird's tail.
The wings were too long.
The one-piece plate that extends from the back end of the aircraft for stability and control.
the wing
gaslit workroom
lifting power
single vained tail
To figure something out using math?
cropped up
add
lifting power
calculate
