All About Amelia
The name of Amelia's first airplane.
What was the Canary?
The force that holds everything on Earth.
What is gravity?
These are needed for the airplane to create enough force to lift off the ground.
What are the wings?
A comet is made of these.
What is frozen gas, rock and dust?
Amelia's mom sewed these for the Earhart sister.
What are playsuits?
Amelia and her sister lived with them most of her life.
Who are her grandparents?
This force causes the airplane to move upward.
What is lift?
The long tube that holds the passengers.
What is the fuselage?
Comets orbit this in our solar system.
What is the sun?
Amelia's uncle built one in her backyard/
What is a rollercoaster?
Amelia was the first woman to do this.
What is fly across the Atlantic Ocean solo?
The force that moves a plane forward through the air.
What is thrust?
This is the area where the pilots sit to command and control the movements of the plane.
What is the cockpit?
This part of the comet always points away from the sun.
What is the tail?
Amelia was great friends with this lady who was also the wife of a president.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
Amelia was born after this other female pilot from America.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This force causes a plane to want to slow down.
What is drag?
The power source for a plane
What is the engine?
A famous comet that is seen about every 76 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
Amelia helped to create the first women's flying club called this.
Who are the Ninety-Nines?
Amelia set to fly around the world with the navigator when they disappeared.
Who is Fred Noonan?
Another way to measure gravity.
What is weight?
Located at the rear of an airplane, this provides stability during flight.
What is the tail?
The parts of a comet.
What is the coma, dust tail, ion tail, hydrogen envelope and nucleus?
Amelia and Fred disappeared near this island in the Pacific Ocean.
What is Howland Island?