Air
Forces of flight
Planes and their Parts
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a drone?
Flight Facts
100
When air is heated it _________.
What is expands?
100
This force of flight causes a plane to slow down. It is increased with increased surface area.
What is drag?
100
The part of the plane responsible for generating thrust.
What is the engine?
100
A library used drones to deliver _______ to children during covid lockdowns.
What are books?
100
The inventors of the airplane. Bonus point if you know what year it was invented.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
(1903)
200
This property describes how air fills the volume of a container.
What is air takes up space?
200
This force of flight is in action when a plane is accelerating.
What is thrust?
200
The body of the plane, where people sit.
What is a fuselage?
200
This part of a bird and plane assist with drag.
What are tails?
200
The toy that the Wright Brothers were inspired by.
What is the Flying Bat?
300
Because air has this property it can be weighed.
What is mass?
300
The four forces of flight stated alphabetically
What are Drag, Gravity, Lift, and Thrust?
300
The part of the plane that controls yaw.
What is a rudder?
300
This aircraft often is used because it is cheaper than a plane and more efficient than human delivery.
What is a drone?
300
The worlds greatest Capitan. We met him at the Jet Aircraft Museum.
Capitan Ken.
400
What is air exerts pressure?
400
This force of flight was founded by Sir Isaac Newton.
What is Gravity?
400
The portion of the plane that controls pitch.
What is elevator? (also would accept horizonal stabilizer)
400
A part of a birds anatomy that reduce their weight and the impact of gravity on them.
What are hollow bones?
400
If you were doing a whirly bird experiment this person would be the ideal candidate to drop your whirly bird.
Who is Ryan?
500
Bernoulli's Principle
What is "Higher speed = lower pressure"?
500
This is an upwards force of flight. Founded by Bernoulli.
What is lift?
500
The part of the plane used to control roll.
What is the wing? (also would accept aileron)
500
Planes were used to provide relief for this natural disaster in this Canadian province.
What are BC Wildfires
500
The first woman to fly East to West across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Beryl Markham?