Flight & Space - Unit 1, v1

Forces in Flight

100

Known as a push or a pull

Force

200

All objects on Earth feel this force that is a pull towards the Earth's surface.

Force of Gravity/Weight

300

When flying a plane, this force directly opposes the force of gravity

Lift

400

This force acts in the same direction of motion for a plane through the sky and is responsible for propelling the plane forward. 

Thrust

500

This force is created by air particles colliding with the plane. This is the reason we need a jet engine. 

Air Resistance/Drag

600

Faster moving air creates a difference in this parameter and causes lift

Air Pressure

Parts of an Airplane

100

This part of the plane controls the yaw of the plane and is located on the tail of the plane.

Rudder

200

The cross-section of this part of the plane is typically shaped like an airfoil.

Wing

300

This is name for the body of the airplane that includes the cabin, cockpit, storage.

Fuselage

400

This part of the plane controls pitch and is located on the back wings

Elevators

500

This part of the plane is moved up and down to control the roll. 

Aileron

600

Pitching an airfoil upwards causes an increase in this force

Lift

Fun Facts

100

NASA strictly sticks to this unit system after miscalculations with conversions

Metric System

200

British Airways Flight 009 had this many engines cut out midflight.

4

300

British Airways Flight 009 had all of its engines cut out because this substance was present in the air that the plane was taking in.

Volcanic Ash/Particulate

400

This orbiter either burned up or flew out of orbit when NASA lost track of it due to a unit conversion issue in the software.

Mars Orbiter

500

The shape of the curvature on an airfoil is known as this

Camber

600

This is the metric unit for weight/force.

Newton

Units

100

The tiniest markings on a meter stick indicate this unit of measurement

millimeter

200

Meters, feet, miles, inches, are known as units of this parameter

Length/distance

300

This parameter can be measured using liters

Volume

400

This unit of temperature is used in metric system

Kelvin

500

Kilometers and meters are used in the metric system, as miles and yards are used in this system.

English System

600

This is the metric unit for mass

kilogram

Unit Conversions

100

There are this many cm in a mm. 

.1

200

There are this many meters in a kilometer.

1,000

300

There are this many milliliters in 0.85 liters

850

400

There are this many feet in 5 kilometers

~16,408 feet

500

There are this many milligrams in 7 kilograms

7,000,000

600

1 mph is equal to this many meters per second

~0.45 m/s

Our Pal Newton

100

Sir Isaac Newton developed this many laws of motion

3

200

This fruit is said to have fallen and hit Newton on the head that sparked his idea for his first law. 

Apple

300

Newton's 2nd law: the net force on an object is equal to the product of the object's mass and this.

Acceleration

400

Newton's third law states that for every force there will be this type of reaction

Equal and Opposite

500

Newton's first law (An object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted on by another force) is summarized using this term.

Inertia

600

Lifting a very heavy grocery bag slowly, so as not to make it break is demonstrating knowledge of this law of motion

Newton's 2nd Law/ F=ma

More Conversions

100

There are this many meters in 120 centimeters

1.2 meters

200

There are this many meters in half a mile

~805

300

There are this many seconds in two hours

7200 seconds

400

There are this many hours in one second

~.00028

500

There are this many micrometers in .09 meters

90,000 micrometers

600

There are this many micrometers in 1,000 millimeters.

1,000,000 micrometers