Journey Through the Skies

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Questions and Answers

Which creatures can fly without the complex structure of feathered wings?

  • Birds
  • Fish
  • Bats
  • Insects (correct)

What did early attempts to fly try to emulate?

  • Birds (correct)
  • Insects
  • Bats
  • Fish

Who described bird flight as the combined effect of the action of the individual feathers and the complex flapping of the wings?

  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • Orville Wright
  • Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (correct)
  • Wilbur Wright

What did Borelli claim about human musculature?

<p>It is too weak to support bird flight (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the history of flight?

<p>The history of a dream (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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