POE Aerodynamics Review 2025

Front

What are the 4 forces of flight? Options: Lift - Power - Air resistance - Gravity, Lift - Thrust - Drag - Weight, Up - Forwards - Backwards - Downwards, Lift - Thrust - Drag - Gravity

Back

Lift - Thrust - Drag - Weight

Front

How does Bernoulli's Principle’s apply to aircraft?

Back

Bernoulli's Principle’s demonstrate how aircraft create lift.

Front

Bernoulli's Principle says _____?

Back

As a fluid’s speed increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.

Front

If the pressure is higher above the wing and lower below the wing, what will the airplane do?

Back

sink

Front

If the pressure is lower above the wing and higher below the wing, what will the airplane do?

Back

lift

Front

If the pressure is the same above the wing that it is below the wing, what will the airplane do?

Back

Neither lift or sink

Front

What key concept in aerodynamics helps paper planes stay in the air?

Back

Lift

Front

Which aerodynamic principle is the resistance experienced by the airplane as it moves through the air?

Back

Drag

Front

Which aerodynamic principle deals with the forward force produced by the airplane's engines or launch?

Back

Thrust

Front

Does air pressure increase or decrease the higher the altitude gets?

Back

Decrease