Flight

Question 1

Aerodynamic

Answer 1

Something that moves smoothly through the air, disturbing it as little as possible, often shaped like a cigar

Question 2

Turbulence

Answer 2

“Bumpy” air- as a result of something NOT cutting smoothly through the air.

Question 3

Lighter than air

Answer 3

Aircraft that use air (or gas) to float in the air

Question 4

Heavier than air

Answer 4

Aircraft that finds ways to push air downwards

Question 5

Thrust

Answer 5

Force that pushed an object forward

Question 6

Drag

Answer 6

Force that pulls an object backwards

Question 7

Lift

Answer 7

Force that is pushing an object up

Question 8

Gravity

Answer 8

Force that pulls object down

Question 9

Newton’s third law

Answer 9

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Question 10

Fluid

Answer 10

A substance that flows

Question 11

Volume

Answer 11

The amount of space something takes up

Question 12

Density

Answer 12

The measurement of how closely packed together molecules are in a given space

Question 13

Relative density

Answer 13

The comparison of the density of two different spaces with the same volume

Question 14

Hot air balloon

Answer 14

LTA flying machine that rises due to buoyancy of hot air

Question 15

Envelope

Answer 15

What the balloon is called on a hot air balloon

Question 16

Gore

Answer 16

One of the panels on a hot air balloon

Question 17

Parachute valve

Answer 17

Flap at the top of envelope that lets out hot air

Question 18

Skirt

Answer 18

Fabric at bottom of enevelope that acts as a stovetop

Question 19

Fuselage

Answer 19

The body of the airplane

Question 20

Aileron

Answer 20

“Flaps” on the main wing

Question 21

Elevator

Answer 21

“Flaps” on the tail wing

Question 22

Airfoil

Answer 22

The shape of an airplane wing that makes air travel faster over the top then the bottom

Question 23

Vertical stablizer

Answer 23

“Wing” that stands up at the back of the plane

Question 24

Rudder

Answer 24

“Flap” on the vertical stablizer

Question 25

Aerodynamic

Answer 25

A smooth, narrow shape that cuts through the air

Question 26

Pitch

Answer 26

“Dive” or “climb” or the “nodding your head” motion in a plane

Question 27

Yaw

Answer 27

The “shaking your head no” motion in a plane

Question 28

Roll

Answer 28

Spinning around the horizontal axis motion in a plane

Question 29

L

Answer 29

K