Air and Aerodynamics
This property of air allows it to be squeezed into a smaller volume, like in a bicycle pump.
What is air can be compressed?
This is the star at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
The 2 gases trees create and release.
What are carbon dioxide and oxygen?
This tool is commonly used to examine small pieces of evidence closely.
What is a magnifying glass?
This aircraft involves a basket and device that is filled with hot air to rise in the sky?
What is a hot air balloon?
This upward force must overcome gravity for an object to fly.
What is lift?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This outer layer protects the inner parts of a tree.
What is bark?
Tracks that are far apart usually indicate this type of movement.
What is running?
Hot air ______, while cool air ______.
rises, falls
Air behaves like this type of substance, allowing it to flow and take the shape of its container.
What is a fluid?
This is the term for a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern.
What is a constellation?
These trees have needle-like leaves and produce cones.
What are coniferous trees?
This term refers to the consistency in the size of letters in handwriting.
What is letter size?
What are propellers?
This component of air varies in concentration and is responsible for humidity.
What is water vapour?
This is the path Earth follows around the Sun.
What is an orbit?
This top layer of the forest consists of the tallest trees.
What is the canopy?
These are the three main types of fingerprint patterns.
What are loop, whorl, and arch?
These four forces must be balanced for an aircraft to maintain steady flight.
What are lift, weight, thrust, and drag?
This principle states that faster-moving air creates lower pressure, contributing to lift in flight.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
This phase occurs when a small part of the Moon is illuminated just before a new moon.
What is waning cresent?
This is the term for the process by which trees and plants convert sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This term refers to information gathered using the five senses.
What is an observation?
What are the 3 basic movements of airplanes.
What are pitch, roll and yaw?