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Flight and Planes
Flight and Planes
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This is a test on the knowledge of flight.
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1
The impact the wind has on the wings would be best described as?
Law of Conservation
Bernoulli's Principle
Newton's 3rd Law
2
What part of the plane is this?
Elevator
Aileron
Stablizer
3
Airfoil shape is important to help overcome the effect of gravity pulling down on the plane.
FALSE
TRUE
4
Engine provides thrust to move the plane forward overcoming drag so the wings can create lift.
TRUE
FALSE
5
What are the 2 Natural Forces that act on a Plane?
gravity & drag
lift & thrust
gravity & thrust
lift & gravity
6
Define Air.
Mainly Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen
Wind
A Mixture of Mainly Oxygen and Nitrogen
7
What is the picture an example of?
A vortex
Thrust
Drag
air
8
What part of the airplane produces the most lift?
Wing
Propeller
Tail
Strut
9
Kites helped develop the plane?
True
False
10
What answer below is not example of Newton's First Law?
Riding a Skateboard and you stop, flying forward
You pushing on a 10,000lb brick
Coffee in the cup holder of a car. Car brakes coffee spill
11
The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth is?
Force
Gravity
Weight
Mass
12
What are the two artificial forces that act on a plane?
Lift & Drag
Drag & Gravity
Thrust & Gravity
Lift & Thrust
13
This is an example of Altitude.
A Gas
Flying Above Sea Level
Raise to a higer level
14
Define Drag?
Maintaining Equilibrium
The force on the tail of the aircraft
The slowing down force on a moving body
15
Label the x Axis of a plane
Longitudinal Axix
Vertical Axis
Lateral Axis
16
Where is the center of Gravity in a plane?
Is the average location of the weight of the aircraft
The back end
The front
17
What part of the plane would you find Drag?
Wing
Front
Tail
18
You must overcome the weight of the plane to have lift?
TRUE
FALSE
19
Which one of Newtons Laws
Newtons Second Law
Newtons First Law
Newtons Third Law
20
Who observed that when air moves, the air pressure drops.
Orville Wright
Isacc Newton
David Bernoulli
Leonard Di Vinci
21
Define AERODYNMICS
Anything that moves on the ground
Air moving around something
The use of Arrows
Develops drag
22
Label the following Z point
Longitudinal Axis
Lateral Axis
Vertical Axis
23
To maintain a straight, steady course through the air, forces have to cancel each other out
True
False
24
We can use the simple Drones we have to do the following.
Fly in Government Airspace
Deliver a package to FS
Search & Rescue
25
Disturbed air and friction create drag as the plane moves forward, slowing it down.
TRUE
FALSE
26
Who were the two men that flew the plane below.
Orville & Wilbur Wright
Wilbur & Orwin Wright
David & Ken Wright
27
We look to nature to inspire engineering,what did the first plane builders use as a guide?
Fish
Horse Mane
Birds
28
What does UAV stand for when talking about a DRONE?
Unmanned Aerial Vechical
Unmanned Aircraft Transportation
Undefined Airplane Vortex
29
What principle is represented by the diagram?
Di Vinci
Bernoulli
Newtons
NASA
30
What is this part of the plane called?
Elevator
Strut
Stablizer
Aileron