Note: These Challenge Questions coincide with the Spring 2006 Reports Challenge Question #7: From: by way of Journey North <lthurber@anwsu.org> Date: Wed Apr 12 2006 - 11:42:04 EDT "Why can the Eastern cranes make the journey north so much faster than their very first journey south?" The weather and the people were holding the cranes up. When we read the flight reports for last year, it shows that there was very bad weather. There was a lot of wind, rain and some tornados. When the weather is bad, they don't fly at all, but stay on the ground. If it is very windy, the ultralights would be pushed backwards rather than make progress. There were many temperature changes that were happening. The temperature changed rapidly. Also, the ultralight plane can't go as fast as the birds can go. The plane had to stop and get fuel. There were a lot of people that were travelling together and that would also make it go slower. Emily M., TJ S, Daniel,and Brittany H. Grade Five Ferrisburgh Central School Ferrisburgh, VT Received on Wed Apr 12 11:42:22 2006 Copyright 2006 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to jn-help@learner.org