Flight
The person that flies the airplane.
What is a pilot?
What astronauts ride when they go into space.
What is a spaceship?
What is the sun?
Why can’t people hear sounds in space?
Because there is no air in space for sound to travel through.
Helps the airplane fly in the sky like a bird.
What are the wings?
Astronauts wear this while in space.
What is a spacesuit?
The planet known as the Red Planet.
What is Mars?
How is gravity different on the Moon than on Earth?
The Moon has less gravity, so things weigh less and astronauts can jump higher.
Daily double:
Does your weight change on the moon? If yes, are you actually losing mass while on the moon?
Causes the plane to shake because of bumpy air.
What is turbulence?
What happens when you drop something in space.
What is floating?
Stars that twinkle and make shapes in the sky.
What are constellations?
What’s the difference between an astronaut and a scientist?
An astronaut goes to space; a scientist studies how things work (sometimes from Earth, sometimes in space).
The primary force that slows an airplane down.
What is drag?
The big backpack that gives astronauts air in space?
What is a life support system (or oxygen tank)?
Used to be the ninth planet but is now called a dwarf planet.
What is Pluto?
What is the difference between a planet and a star?
A planet orbits a star and doesn’t make its own light. A star (like the Sun) makes its own light and heat.
The forward acting force that enables the aircraft to move through the air.
What is thrust?
The first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The name of the galaxy we live in?
What is the Milky Way?
What is the difference between a spaceship and a rocket?
A rocket is what launches (often) a spacecraft. A spacecraft is a vehicle designed for travel and operation in outer space, and it may or may not include rockets as part of its propulsion system.