F & S: Activity 1.3 Vocabulary (PLTW)

Choose the correct vocabulary word that describes the definition below:

small moving section at the rear of the stabilizer that helps to control the yawing motion of the aircraft

• yaw

• roll

• ailerons

• rudders

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the part of an airplane that raises and lowers the wings, causing the aircraft to roll.

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• ailerons

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up and down motion of the wings of an aircraft

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• rudders

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a side-to-side motion of the nose of an aircraft

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• ailerons

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the up and down motion of the nose of an aircraft

• pitch

• yaw

• roll

• rudders

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the main body of an aircraft

• fuselage

• infer

• camber

• airfoil

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to draw conclusions from evidence or reasoning

• fuselage

• infer

• camber

• airfoil

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the curvature of the airfoil

• elevators

• airfoil

• camber

• infer

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a streamlined surface designed in such a way that air flowing around it produces useful motion. The cross-section of an airplane.

• elevators

• airfoil

• camber

• fuselage

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the hinged part of the stabilizer on an aircraft that is used to deflect the tail of the plane up and down

• elevators

• airfoil

• camber

• fuselage