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Advanced Activities: Discuss

1.	Answer true or false. The discus is thrown from within a circle which measures 8.2 feet (or 2.5 meters) in diameter.
	True. False.

2.	Can the wind help the discus to go further after it is thrown? (Answer yes or no.)
	Yes No

3.	The shape and design of the discus help to create what for the discus after it is thrown? (Choose one answer.)
	Velocity Lift Speed Wind power

4.	The discus must be thrown with a slight upward angle and with what sort of motion? (Choose one answer.)
	Up and down. Fast. Spinning. Back and forth.

5.	Answer true or false. The discus is much lighter than a frisbee so it does not need to spin as fast as a frisbee.
	True. False.

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