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The Writght Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of this selection?

a)

Orville Wright

b)

Russell Freedman

c)

Colonel Sanders

d)

Tom Brady

2.

What genre is this selection?

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

c)

fiction short story

d)

graphic novel

3.

What is the best definition for experiment?

a)

a test that decides if the author is correct

b)

a rubric that lets you know if the author followed directions

c)

a plan

d)

a test to determine if an idea is true or to see if a device works

4.

While the brothers worked, they lived in a _____? pg. 275

a)

tent

b)

small house

c)

shed

d)

apartment

5.

What is a hangar?

a)

a contraption that allows you to hang up your clothes

b)

a place to spend time with your friends

c)

A thing that shoots paper airplanes

d)

a shelter for storing an aircraft

6.

What does cropped up mean?

a)

crops went up

b)

the corn is growing

c)

happened suddenly or unexpectedly

d)

sneaking up behind someone

7.

On page 276, the Wright brothers considered their work a ____?

a)

prize

b)

failure

c)

joy

d)

surprise

8.

Which of the following materials was not used in creating model wings?

a)

tin

b)

galvanized iron

c)

plastic

d)

steel

9.

When the Wright brothers were working on system lab work, which of the following were they NOT doing?

a)

testing

b)

dancing

c)

measuring

d)

calculating

10.

What is an apparatus?

a)

piece of equipment

b)

a type of food

c)

an animal

d)

a place to store airplanes

11.

A device that allowed the pilot to lie down and use hip movement to control the rudder and wings is called?

a)

hip shaker

b)

wing warping

c)

hip cradle

d)

wing speed

12.

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

a)

Orville

b)

Wilbur

c)

Both, they took turns

d)

Neil Armstrong

13.

What did Orville fugure out in bed one sleepless night?

a)

Wilbur was a terrible pilot

b)

The. plane was too heavy and needed to be lighter

c)

The cure was to make the tail moveable-like a ship's rudder or bird's tail.

d)

The wings were too long.

14.

The one-piece plate that extends from the back end of the aircraft for stability and control.

a)

the wing

b)

gaslit workroom

c)

lifting power

d)

single vained tail

15.

To figure something out using math?

a)

cropped up

b)

add

c)

lifting power

d)

calculate