Bernoulli's Principle

Bernoulli’s principle states that the pressure in a fluid decreases as its velocity increases. 

• True
• False

When air is moving quicker it's pressure is greater.

• True
• False

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

To generate lift, a blade is angled so the _________ pressure air moves under the blade.

• 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

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

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

Air travels  ______________ over the top of a wing.

• faster
• slower 
• doesn't move at all
• the same speed as

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

• lift

• sink

• Neither lift or sink