Basic Vocabulary
Parts of an Aircraft
Laws & Principles
Natural Forces
Miscellaneous
100

"Aero" has to do with anything involving ____. 

air

100

Landing gear is used to aid the plane during the _____ part of flight. 

landing

100

"An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by some outside force" is ___________'s first law of motion.

Sir Isaac Newton

100

Air in motion is called ____.

wind

100

Which 4 of the following are the forces that act upon airplanes during flight?

lift, drag, gravity, thrust

200
Mass in a given volume is the definition of ______.
density
200
The cockpit is located on the _____ of the plane. (back, front, sides, etc.)
front
200
According to Daniel Bernoulli, fluid does not have a constant pressure. True or False?
False
200
The upward force, which opposed gravity and supports the weight of an aircraft, is called _____.
lift
200
The natural forces acting on airplanes in flight are _____ and _____.
drag; gravity
300
The distance from wingtip to wingtip of a plane is called _____.
span
300
The ailerons are located on the _____ of the plane.
wings
300
Newton's second law of motion says, "A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of the force." True/False?
True
300
The definition of drag is...
a force which retards the forward movement of an aircraft in flight.
300
The artificial forces acting on airplanes during flight are _____ and _____.
lift; thrust
400
Supersonic means...
faster than the speed of sound.
400
The rudder is used to...
turn the nose of the plane right and left.
400
Newton's third law of motions is...
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
400
The force that moves in aircraft forward in flight is _____.
thrust
400
The rotation about the lateral axis is known as _______.
pitch
500
The definition of aviation is...
the art, science, and technology of flight within the atmosphere.
500
The axis from the nose to the tail of the plane is called _____.
the longitudinal axis
500
Bernoulli's principle states, "As the velocity of a fluid ______, pressure ______."
increases; decreases
500
Relative wind is...
the flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane.
500
The place where the three axes of an airplane meet is called the...
center of gravity.
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