How do birds fly?
Birds must overcome gravity and drag to fly. A bird must generate a force called lift and another force called thrust to fly!
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Birds must overcome gravity and drag to fly. A bird must generate a force called lift and another force called thrust to fly!
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The wings push air down, so by Newton's third law the air must push them up. Partly, the push comes from the angle the wings MORE?
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The bird uses its muscles to push its wings downwards, pushing air downwards, generating lift. Thanks for ChaCha!
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Birds have a lot of adaptations for flight. Their bones are hollow and light, but strong; light feathers which catch the air.
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If a bird is just gliding (or "soaring"), that is, not flapping its wings, it flies in pretty much the same way that an...More?
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The bird uses its strong muscles to push its wings downwards, pushing air downwards, generating lift, and, if the wings are (more)
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If a bird is just gliding, that is, not flapping its wings, it flies in pretty much the same way that an airplane flies....more?
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