Forces of Flight
What is gravity?
What do clouds hold?
What are tiny drops of water?
Who were the first people to fly a powered airplane?
The Wright Brothers
What do we call someone who travels into space?
An astronaut
What would happen if a glider pilot tried to eat a sandwich while upside down?
The sandwich would fly before the glider does! or it would fall right out!
What force pushes a plane or glider forward?
What is thrust?
What tool measures how hot or cold it is?
What is a thermometer?
What year did the Wright Brothers first fly?
1903
What is the name of the force that keeps the Moon orbiting Earth?
Gravity
Why did the clod stay home from school?
It was feeling a little under the weather
What is the upward force that helps planes and gliders stay in the air?
What is lift?
What kind of weather happens when cold air and warm air meet?
Storms or rain
What kind of flying toy helped scientists learn about lift?
Kites
What layer do satellites orbit in?
The exosphere
What do you call a flying potato?
A Spudnik
What is the force that slows a plane or glider down as it moves through the air?
What makes wind?
Air moving from high pressure to low pressure areas
What bird inspired many early flying machines?
The Eagle
What makes the sky look blue?
Sunlight scattering through air
How old is Mr. Dino?
56
What happens when lift is stronger than gravity?
The aircraft goes up!
What do meteorologists study?
The weather and the atmosphere.
What was the name of the Wright Brothers' first successful airplane?
The Flyer
What do we call the border between Earth's atmosphere and outer space?
The Karman line.
Why don't pilots ever get lost?
Because they always take flight directions!