Aviation - History, Motion and Parts of a Plane

Aviation - History, Motion and Parts of a Plane

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On December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers flew the first controlled, sustained, powered, heavier-than-air aircraft over

• 120 miles

• 120 meters

• 120 feet

• 120 yards

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What event caused the industry to grow because airplanes were used as tools?

• The Revolutionary War

• The Civil War

• World War I

• World War II

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The first commercial flight was from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Florida.

• True

• False

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Why is Chuck Yeager an important pioneer in aviation?

• He made the first Trans-Atlantic flight

• He was the first to fly faster than teh speed of sound

• He was the first to walk on an airplane wing in flight

• He invented the barrell roll

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UAV stands for ______________

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

• Unmanned Aviation Vehicle

• Universal Aviation Vehicle

• Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle

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An airfoil works to create lift because the air _________

• below the wing moves faster than the air above the wing

• above the wing moves faster than the air below the wing

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What are the four forces that act on an airplane?

• chord, camber, gravity, upward motion

• Dip, duck, dodge, doodoo

• Thrust, weight, size, caliper

• Lift, gravity, drag, thrust

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What two parts control the bank of the airplane?

• ailerons and rudder

• elevators and ailerons

• rudder and flaps

• flaps and elevators

• flaps and ailerons

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What force pulls the airplane downward?

• drag

• thrust

• lift

• gravity

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What is the name of the body of an airplane

• the flight tube

• the fuselage

• the cargo hold

• the cockpit

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What is it called when a plane makes a turn?

• a bunker

• an elevation

• altitude

• a bank

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For an airplane to remain in level, steady flight, what must be true of the forces of flight?

• Lift must be greater than gravity

• All four forces must be balanced.

• All forces must be equal.

• Drag must be less than thrust

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What is the relationship of forces when a plane is starting to land?

• Gravity=Lift and Thrust=Drag

• Gravity > Thrust and Lift > Drag

• Gravity > Lift and Drag > Thrust

• Lift > Gravity and Thrust > Drag

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This is the force that moves an airplane forward.

• Lift

• Gravity

• Thrust

• Drag

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Which flight part controls pitch?

• Flaps

• ailerons

• Rudder

• Elevators

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Which part of the plane creates roll?

• Flaps

• Ailerons

• Rudder

• Elevators

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The straight line that runs from the leading edge to the trailing edge of an airfoil.

• chord

• camber

• chamber

• center line

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What purpose does the propeller serve?

• creates friction

• creates lift

• creates drag

• creates thrust

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The front of the wing is known as the _______

• leading edge

• front line

• trailing edge

• contact edge

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Gravity is a force that acts opposite to

• drag

• lift

• weight

• thrust

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What happens if Drag is GREATER THAN thrust?

• Plane loses height

• Plane rises

• Plane speeds up

• Plane slows

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What happens if thrust is GREATER THAN drag?

• Plane rises

• Plane slows down

• Plane accelerates

• Plane loses height

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What is ballast?

• The last part of the plane

• Another name for the center of gravity

• weight in the plane

• The altitude

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A section of a wing, rudder, or rotor blade used for testing the reaction from air through which it moves is a(n) ______

• propeller

• wing

• airfoil

• flaps

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Pitch is rotation around which axis?

• longitude

• vertical

• diagonal

• latitudinal

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What is the main purpose of an airfoil?

• create lift

• steer the plane

• stabilizes the flight

• controls pitch

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This is the study of flight and the operation of aircraft

• Aviation Engineering

• Aviology

• Aeronautics

• Aviation Science

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Yaw refers to movement around which axis?

• longitudinal

• vertical

• horizontal

• latitudinal

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A measure of the curvature of the airfoil is the _.

• chord

• camber

• chamber

• wing length