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Answer these questions correctly by November 30 and be entered
into a drawing for prizes. All seventh and eighth graders are eligible.
 
Find the answers to these questions by using the library's Electronic Library 24/7 web page.
Click on "Science and Technology" to access the resources containing the answers.
 
1. What year was the first powered, controllable aircraft invented? Hint: The aircraft's name was, 'The Flyer.'
 
 
2. In the late 1800s, German aviation pioneer, Otto Lilienthal, constructed an ornithopter. What was an ornithopter?
 
 
3. What kind of plane was Amelia Earhart flying when she disappeared?
 
 
4. The world's only true flying mammals use what ultrasonic sound sense to navigate in the dark?
 
 
5. What law of physics explains 'lift' on an airplane's wings?
 
 
6. The name of the earliest known fossil bird is _____________.
 
 
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