Practice - Case Study 2: Bird Flight vs. Aircraft
Practice Questions
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List two adaptations birds have for flight.
💡 Hint: Think about how their body can support flight.
What force opposes gravity during flight?
💡 Hint: Recall what allows an aircraft to rise into the air.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What principle explains how birds generate lift by shaping their wings?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between air speed and pressure.
True or False: Aircraft design has no basis in studying bird flight.
💡 Hint: Consider how engineering often draws inspiration from nature.
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Challenge Problems
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If a bird's wing has an area of 20m² and generates lift at a speed of 15m/s, while the air density is 1.2 kg/m³, calculate the lift coefficient if the total lift generated is 12,000 N.
💡 Hint: Remember to reorganize the lift equation to isolate for CL.
Discuss how the principles learned from bird flight could be applied to improve drone technology.
💡 Hint: Think about how size and wing shape affect performance in both birds and drones.
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