Bird flyng inside a moving vehicle

Subject: Bird flyng inside a moving vehicle

Date: Fri Dec 28 20:33:44 2001
Posted by chris
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Area of science: Physics
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If a bird is flying inside a moving vehicle does it need to be flying the same 
speed as the car or can it just hover?  If the answer is the latter, where is 
the force adding to the bird's momentum (relative to a stationary observer) 
coming from?

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