The action or process of flying through the air.
What is flight?
Air is invisible but still has mass and takes up this
What is space?
The force that acts against thrust
What is drag?
The scientists who completed the first controlled airplane flight.
Who were the Wright brothers?
Four forces that affect animals and aircraft in the air.
What are lift, thrust, drag, and weight?
A property of air that allows balloons and tires to inflate
What is air taking up space? or
What is air being compressed?
The force that acts against weight and helps objects fly.
What is lift?
The year humans first landed on the moon
What is 1969?
The force that pulls objects toward Earth
What is weight?
What happens to air pressure as altitude increases.
What does air pressure decrease?
What happens when lift is greater than weight.
What is the object rises or flies upward?
A flying animal that does not truly fly but glides.
What is a flying squirrel?
The force that moves an airplane forward.
What is thrust?
A reason people may get sick at high altitudes
What is there is less oxygen available?
The two pairs of opposite forces in flight.
What are lift and weight, and thrust and drag?
The study of how air moves around objects.
What is aerodynamics?