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- the shape of the wing is airfoil. basically this is what helps it go smoothly through air...
- http://amasci.com/wing/airfoil.html
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoA bird's wing has the shape of an air foil. As a bird moves through the air the air flow across the birds wing causes a low pressure area at the top and a higher pressure at the bottom. This gives the bird lift. This is similar to an airplane wing.
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∙ 11y agoIt can achieve lift w/ the help of the winds curents
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Are to birds as scales are to fish?
_______ are to birds as scales are to fish
What are the only mammals with wings?
No, insects and bats have wings and neither of them are birds.
What animals have two legs with wings and bills?
Birds have two legs with wings and bills.
How do insects get wings?
The same way birds do.
How do birds and bats create effective wings?
Birds and bats are born with effective wings they do not create them. These animals are born with effective wings to transport themselves efficiently in the world.
Where do birds get their lift from?
From their speed and wings combined. Overall they work like an airplane, except they get their speed from clapping their wings.
Do takahe have wings?
Yes. Takahe are birds, and all birds have wings. Even flightless birds have wings, though they are of little or no use.
Do birds have lungs in their wings?
No, birds have lungs in their chest cavity not their wings.
Are to birds as scales are to fish?
_______ are to birds as scales are to fish
With how many wings do birds fly?
Two, all birds have two wings.
What are the only mammals with wings?
No, insects and bats have wings and neither of them are birds.
How birds get thrust?
they flap wings
Can you clone a bird without wings and the clone have wings?
if you use the birds DNA, then yes, as the birds DNA doesn't say *no wings*
When was Two Birds with the Wings of One created?
Two Birds with the Wings of One was created in 2006.
How did the wright brothers learn about what make planes work?
they studied birds way of flying and their curved wings
What bird has no wings or legs?
All birds have wings: even flightless birds have wings, though they may be useless for flight. All birds also have legs.
Is birds wings a pronoun?
No, both 'birds' and 'wings' are nouns, the plural form of the nouns 'bird' and 'wing'.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. The pronouns that take the place of the nouns 'birds' or 'wings' are they as a subject, and them as an object in a sentence.If you are trying to say 'the wings of the bird', then the noun 'bird' must be in the possessive form to show that the wings belong to the bird: the bird's wings.Or, if you mean 'the wings of the birds', you need the plural possessive form for the plural noun birds: the birds' wings.
