Bernoulli's Principle and Flight

According to Bernoulli's Principle, when the wind speed is high, wind pressure is ________

• high
• low
• not enough information
• None of the above

According to Bernoulli's Principle, when the wind speed is low, wind pressure is ________

• high
• low
• not enough information
• None of the above

If you blow air between these two balloons, the pressure between the balloons would_________.

• Increase
• Decrease
• Stay the same

Think about Bernoulli's Principle.  What do you think will happen when you have running water next to a shower curtain?

• Curtain goes outward from the shower
• Curtain goes in towards the shower
• Curtain stays the same
• Water gets the curtain wet

Bernoulli's principle creates ___ in airplanes

• Drag
• Lift
• Weight
• Friction

Why is the top of an airplane wing curved?

• To create an area of low pressure above the wing
• To create an area of high pressure above the wing
• To create equal pressure above and below the wing
• To make the wing look really cool

Air travels ______________ over the top of a curved (airfoil) wing.

• faster

• slower

• doesn't move at all

• the same speed as

Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?

• Newton
• Descartes
• Bernoulli
• Pascal

The design of a wing:

• causes the air above a wing to move faster than the air below the wing
• helps create lift
• creates a low pressure area above the wing
• all of these answers are correct

In area 1 there is _____________ speed

• High

• Low