Hangman?[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANSWERS This teen may look as if he's flying, but he's actually in the middle of showing off a somersault. To lift off the sandy beach in Varna Varna (vär`nä), city (1993 pop. 307,200), E Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It is a major port and an industrial center. Manufactures include ships and boats, chemicals, electrical equipment, and textiles. Varna is also an international summer resort., Bulgaria, the acrobatic teen used his leg muscles to spring upward. Then, he threw his arms overhead and tucked his body into a ball. These moves helped increase his angular momentum angular momentum: see momentum., or energy of motion of a rotating body After one flip, the teen untucked his body to keep from flipping again. And just before gravity tugged him back to the sandy beach, a photographer snapped this "hovering" photo. |
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