Flight Basics Quiz

What are the four forces that affect flight?

• Lift, Drag, Fuel, and spin

• Gravity, Drag, Thrust, Lift

• Gravity, Weight, Shape, Lift

• Thrust, Weight, Mass, Lift

Air _________ lets things fly

The ______ brother's were the first people to fly a plane with an engine.

Which force is opposite gravity?

Which force is opposite drag?

Air/Water pressure is:

• Pressure formed by air or water particles around an object.

• How much air is needed to move water

• Weight caused by gravity.

• How much air is needed to move an object

What is the only flying mammal?

• Birds

• Bees

• Bats

• Airplanes

Why cant humans fly?

• Because we don't have feathers.

• Because we can't run fast enough.

• Because we don't have enough gravity.

• Because we weigh too much and do not have the right muscles for flapping wings.

What do ailerons do?

• Tilt the plane left or right

• turn the plane left or right

• Help control lift on a plane

• A and B

• A and C

What are parts on a plane that help with controlled flight?

• rudder, ailerons, wings, side windows

• ailerons, wings, rudder, cargo bay

• Cargo bay, propellers, fuel, air stewardess

• Propellers, rudder, ailerons, wings