Fundamentals of Flight
What force lifts a plane up?
Lift
What aircraft flies vertically using spinning blades?
Helicopter
What tool shows how high a plane is?
Altimeter
What metal are most airplanes made of?
Aluminum
What force pushes a rocket up?
Thrust
What rule says fast air has low pressure?
Bernoulli’s Principle
What NASA space plane was reused many times?
The Space Shuttle
What tail part turns the plane left or right?
Rudder
What engine do jet planes use?
Turbofan engine
What fuel and oxygen did the Saturn V use?
RP‑1 and liquid oxygen (LOX)
Pitch and yaw… what’s the third one?
Roll
What fast jet crossed the ocean in under 4 hours?
Concorde
What satellite system tells you where you are?
GPS
What is wingspan divided by wing width called?
Aspect ratio
What law explains why rockets move forward?
Newton’s Third Law
What number compares the speed to sound?
Mach number
What spacecraft took people to the Moon?
Apollo Lunar Module (or Apollo spacecraft)
What is the curved path of something thrown?
Trajectory
What is it called when a wing loses lift?
Stall
What measure shows how efficient a rocket is?
Specific impulse
What point on a wing is where the forces push?
Center of pressure
What plane is called the “Queen of the Skies”?
Boeing 747
What system keeps a plane steady by itself?
Autopilot
What field studies how air moves around planes?
Aerodynamics
What engine pushes ions using electricity?
Ion engine