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Honor for Adventurers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weight | the force that the Earth exerts upon your body to keep you on the ground |
| Airplane | a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings |
| Hovercraft | a vehicle that travels over land or water on a cushion of air |
| Bird | a feathered animal most of which can fly |
| Aerodynamics | the study of how air moves around an object |
| Hotairbaloon | the first man made flying vehicle |
| Humming bird | an animal that can hover |
| Rocket | a flying machine used to get to space. |
| Soar | to ride on air current |
| Helicopter | a flying vehicle without wings that has a system of rotors that lift and propel it |
| Gliding | a type of flying that does not require active movement of parts |
| Bat | a flying mammal |