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True or False: Vehicles – page 2
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Large passenger planes can fly backward in the air, just like a helicopter.
💡 Explanation
False! An airplane always needs to move forward for the air to flow over its wings and create the lift that keeps it up. If the plane tried to fly backward, it would lose that lift and fall. A helicopter, however, can change the angle of its spinning blades to fly in all directions, including backward and sideways.
Helicopters can fly both backward and sideways, just like a dragonfly.
💡 Explanation
That's right! Helicopters are unique among most vehicles because they can move in all directions – forward, backward, sideways, and even hover still in the air. This is because the pilot can change the angle of the large rotor blades to control where the airflow pushes the helicopter. Just like a dragonfly can hover and fly in all directions!
Some high-speed trains can go faster than a lion running at its top speed.
💡 Explanation
That's right! A lion can run very fast, up to about 80 kilometers per hour. But modern high-speed trains, like those in Japan or France, can easily go over 300 kilometers per hour. Some maglev trains, which use magnets to float above the track, can even go over 600 kilometers per hour! They are incredibly fast.