Forces of Flight
Parts of an airplane
Who's Who
Properties of Air
Odds and Ends
100
The four forces of flight.
What are LIFT, THRUST, DRAG AND WEIGHT (GRAVITY)?
100

This part of an airplane creates lift and helps the plane stay in the air.

What are the WINGS?

100
These two designed and flew the first engine-powered aircraft in 1903.
Who are ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT?
100

When you push a cup straight down into water, the water doesn't fill the cup right away because air is doing this.

What is TAKING UP SPACE?

100

This flying device uses the property that hot air rises to create lift.

What is a HOT-AIR BALLOON?

200

It's the force generated by aircraft wings.

What is LIFT?

200
Small flaps located on the tail of the plane used to control the plane's up-and-down movement.
What are ELEVATORS?
200

This is the name of the toy that inspired the first airplane.

What is the FLYING BAT?

200

When air pushes against the inside of a basketball, it creates this.

What is PRESSURE?

200

This type of aircraft can fly without a pilot on board.

What is a DRONE?

300

This force is created by gravity.

What is WEIGHT?

300
A hinged piece of metal at the rear of an aircraft used for steering a plane left or right.
What is the RUDDER?
300

A pilot who flew without a map across the Atlantic Ocean.

Who is BERYL MARKHAM?

300

A balloon weighs slightly more after it is inflated because air has this property.

What is MASS?

300

The side-to-side movement of the nose of a plane.

What is YAW?

400
It`s the force created by operating a plane's engine(s)
What is THRUST?
400

These movable parts on the wings help the airplane roll or tilt.

What are AILERONS?

400
She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic on a non-stop solo flight in 1932.
Who is AMELIA EARHART?
400

Warm air usually does this.

What is EXPANDS?

400
Are used to help a bird create thrust while in flight.
What are MUSCLES?
500

The reason a parachute falls slowly.

What is air trapped beneath the canopy causes DRAG?

500

This wing shape helps create lift by making air move faster over the top than underneath.

What is an AIRFOIL?

500
This is the aircraft, flown by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17, 1903.
What is THE WRIGHT FLYER?
500

The four properties of air that help us understand how flight works.

What is AIR HAS MASS, AIR TAKES UP SPACE, AIR HAS PRESSURE, AND AIR IS AFFECTED BY TEMPERATURE.

500
States that the faster a fluid or gas travels, the lower its pressure.
What is BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE?
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