Name that Property of Air
Air particles have a lot of space between them so they can be squeezed together
What is air can be compressed
This force acts in opposition of drag
What is thrust
This special shape of an airplane's wing allows it to fly
What is curved
Approximately 35% of all _______ are sent using airplanes
What are goods
Air exerts the same amount of force in all directions on an object
What is air exerts pressure
This force slows you down and works in the opposite direction than you are traveling
What is drag
What is fast moving air
Every year more than 500 million people travel by air for this
What is vacation
Blowing up the balloon makes the balloon expand
What is air takes up space
If this force is greater than the gravity force, the object will stay in the air
What is lift
This is the type of air the fills the room when there is no breeze
What is high pressure air
These are trails of water vapour that we see in the sky when an aircraft goes by
What are contrails
The higher you are, the lower the air pressure. Climbers need oxygen tanks on tall mountains
What is air is affected by altitude
This force of flight is caused by the fact that air has mass and exerts pressure in all directions
What is drag
This happens to our paper on the pencil in the experiment when we blow on it
What is it blows up because high pressure air pushes up the low pressure air
Noise pollution from aircrafts can lead to these health conditions
What are high blood pressure, hypertension and altered heart structure