Aircraft Terminology

The up or down motion of an airplane's nose

• Pitch

• Roll

• Yaw

Which aircraft component has two parts, one on each wing, that operate in opposite directions?

• Ailerons

• Spoiler

• Flaps

• Landing gear

Which component causes the wings to produce less lift by spoiling the airflow over the wings?

• Flaps

• Spoiler

• Ailerons

• Stabilizer

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Which part of an airplane provides yaw control?

• Fuselage

• Rudder

• Horizontal stabilizer

• Flaps

What's another name for the body of an airplane?

• Yaw

• Airplane

• Fuselage

• Empennage

• Spoiler

What force acts on the airplane to move it forward?

• Gravity
• Drag
• lift
• thrust

What force allows the plane to rise.

• gravity
• drag
• lift
• thrust

What force acts on the airplane to make it come down.

• gravity
• lift
• drag
• thrust

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Holds the plane back

• Gravity
• Drag
• Thrust
• Lift

What type of motion is it when the plane tilts left and right (counterclockwise and clockwise)?

• yaw

• pitch

• roll