Forces
The force that makes the plane move forward
What is thrust?
Where pilots sit
what is the cockpit?
flying squirrels don't fly but...
what is glide?
the action of moving through the air
what is flight?
3 parts of the hot air balloon
what is basket, burner, balloon?
The force that causes the plane to fly up
What is lift?
the tail of the plane?
what is empennage?
this animal can hover in place
what is a hummingbird?
when air moves faster the pressure is lower
what is Bernoulli's principle?
6 properties of air
air has temp
air takes up space
air exerts pressure
air has mass
air can be compressed
air is affected by altitude
The force that brings the plane down
the body of the plane
what is fuselage?
this mammal can fly
what is bat?
the study of how air moves around an object
what is aerodynamics?
the reason that airplanes can fly
The force that brings the plane backwards
What is drag?
the part that controls the yaw
what are rudders?
this animal uses its fins to 'fly'
what is flying fish?
flying or operating an aircraft
what is aviation?
the side to side movement of the plane
what is roll?
Another name for the force weight?
What is gravity?
the part that controls the roll
what are the ailerons?
the body part that flying squirrel use to glide
what is patagium?
the measure of the height of something above the ground?
what is altitude?
a benefit and a cost of aviation
what is fast travel, jobs, transport cargo and medicine, helps farming and putting out fires?
what is expensive, air pollution, noise pollution, spread sickness?