Forces of Flight
Steering
Who's Who
Creating Lift
Odds and Ends
100
The four forces of flight.
What are LIFT, THRUST, DRAG AND WEIGHT (GRAVITY)?
100
The up and down movement of the nose of a plane in flight.
What is PITCH?
100
These two designed and flew the first engine-powered aircraft in 1903.
Who are ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT?
100
The force lift must overcome in order to achieve flight.
What is GRAVITY?
100
Uses the property that hot air rises to create lift.
What is a HOT-AIR BALLOON?
200
It's the force generated by the 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
She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic on a non-stop solo flight in 1932.
Who is AMELIA EARHART?
200
Shaped to create lift by causing air to move faster above it than below it.
What are WINGS?
200
The shape used to reduce drag.
What is STREAMLINED?
300
It`s the force created by operating a plane's engine(s)
What is THRUST?
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
This is the aircraft, flown by Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17, 1903.
What is THE WRIGHT FLYER?
300
States that the faster a fluid or gas travels, the lower its pressure.
What is BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE?
300
These are the two main types of propulsion systems used on modern aircraft.
What are JET ENGINES, and PROPELLERS?
400
The reason a parachute falls slowly.
What is air trapped beneath the canopy causes DRAG?
400
A motion in flight where one wing tip moves up while the other moves down.
What is ROLL?
400
Otto Lilienthal of Germany developed this flying device.
What is the GLIDER?
400
The type of pressure exerted on an airplanes wings from the slow moving air underneath it.
What is HIGH PRESSURE?
400
Creates thrust in a spacecraft.
What is a ROCKET?
500
This FORCE is created as wind (air) passes over the aircraft's surfaces and creates FRICTION.
What is DRAG?
500
The side-to-side movement of the nose of a plane.
What is YAW?
500
The Canadian astronaut in on the International Space Station right now.
Who is CHRIS HADFIELD?
500
The type of pressure exerted from faster moving air.
What is LOWER PRESSURE?
500
Are used to help a bird create thrust while in flight.
What are MUSCLES?
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