PAIREDREADTheCloakofFeathersExpositoryTextbyAnnaHarrisbyAnnaHarrisTheTheFutureFutureofofFlightFlightASTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordcount:1,162**PhotographyCredit:CoverGarethPadfield/FlightStabilityandControl(UniversityofLiverpool,UnitedKingdom)www.mycopter.eu**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.ComprehensionStrategy:RereadSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyMultiple-MeaningWordsVocabularycontrolled,direction,flight,impossible,launched,motion,passenger,popularContentStandardsScienceTechnologyCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119012-6MHID:0-02-119012-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1WheretofromHere?.................2Chapter2AroundtheWorld.....................6Chapter3TravelingintoSpace..................10RespondtoReading.................15TheCloakofFeathers.......16Glossary/Index.......................19FocusonScience.............20EssentialQuestionHowarepeopleabletofly?byAnnaHarrisTheTheFutureFutureofofFlightFlightChapter1You’veprobablyseenHollywoodmoviesinwhichpeopletravelaroundinflyingcarsorusespacecrafttoexploreotherplanets.Couldthesemoviesreallyshowtheairandspacetravelofthefuture?WheretofromHere?WheretofromHere?Peoplehaveimaginedallkindsofstrangespacecraft.2BrandXPictures/PunchStockImagineyoulive30yearsinthefuture.Ifyouneedtomakeatriptothestore,howwillyougetthere?Youmightflytherewithajetpack.Usersputthejetpackonlikeabackpack.Theengineburnsfuelandairandthenhotairisforcedquicklyoutoftheexhaust.Thisthruststhepersonupward.Therearealreadyafewjetpacksaroundtoday.Onejetpackcansta...
