Forces of Flight
The force that allows a plane to lift off the ground.
Lift
The part of the plane that most controls lift.
The wings.
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The 3 states of matter are:
Solid, Liquid, Gas
The force that gravity acts on that tries to pull the plane back to the ground.
Weight
The part of the plane that most controls thrust.
Jet engines and propellors
In order for air to be fit into a tire, it must be ________
compressed/volume is reduced
The heart is part of which body system?
Circulatory
The force that moves a plane forward.
Thrust
This is the effect of lifting the flaps on the wings.
Drag is increased and the plane slows down.
All the forces need to be balanced.
Which state of matter can change its shape but not its volume?
The force that prevents a plane from moving forward.
Drag
How does a pilot control lift (altitude of the plane)?
Changing the angle of attack (the angle at which the air moves over the wings)
Birds have a low body weight, which means that they need to generate less _________ than if their weight was heavier.
Thrust
If Mrs. Froehler wants to eat a giant cookie, what will the first stop on the digestive journey be?
The mouth!
Fill in all the blanks:
In order for a plane to move higher, _______ must be greater than ____________.
Lift, weight
Planes are designed to be aerodynamic to reduce the __________ so that less energy needs to be put into increasing ___________.
drag, thrust
This force is caused by air resistance:
drag
The moon has this many phases.
8