Airplane Careers
This person flies the plane.
What is a pilot?
Airplanes have wings like this animal, allowing them to glide through the air.
What is a bird?
The Bernoulli principle helps explain why airplanes can do this in the sky.
What is fly?
This is the closest planet to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
When water droplets fall from the sky, it’s called this.
What is rain?
This person ensures the airplane is safe and fixes it when it has problems.
Who is an aircraft mechanic?
Helicopters can hover in one place, like this insect.
What is a dragonfly?
The Bernoulli principle explains that when air moves faster over the top of a wing, this happens underneath it.
What is higher pressure?
This is the gas that plants take in to produce oxygen.
What is carbon dioxide?
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
This person helps passengers on the plane and makes sure they are safe and comfortable.
Who is a flight attendant?
Airplanes' pointed noses are inspired by this fast-swimming animal.
What is a dolphin?
The Bernoulli principle says that fast-moving air creates this kind of pressure.
What is low pressure?
This type of scientist studies rocks, minerals, and Earth.
What is a geologist?
This dangerous weather event is a powerful, rotating column of air that touches both the ground and a cloud.
What is a tornado?
This person designs airplanes and tests how they work in a lab.
Who is an aerospace engineer?
These birds are known for their "V" shape in the sky, which helps them save energy—just like airplanes flying in formation.
What are geese?
This part of an airplane wing is curved, helping air move faster over it.
What is the top?
This is the force that pulls everything down to the ground.
What is gravity?
This is the name of the galaxy that includes our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
This person makes sure airplanes don’t collide in the sky by giving directions from the ground.
Who is an air traffic controller?
Some airplanes are modeled after this powerful bird of prey, known for its keen eyesight and swooping ability.
What is an eagle?
The Bernoulli principle shows that this difference in air pressure above and below the wing creates this force, which lifts the airplane.
What is lift?
This type of energy can be seen in lightning, and it powers many machines when controlled.
What is electricity?
This is the layer of gases surrounding Earth that protects us and helps control the planet's climate.
What is the atmosphere?