6B Plane Components

What part of the airplane is most like the body of a bird?

• Fuselage

• Wings

• Elevators

• Rudder

What do the ailerons on an airplane do?

• Control the yaw of the airplane

• Control the roll of the airplane

• Control the pitch of the airplane

• They are just for decoration

What part of an airplane provides the lift?

• Ailerons

• Horizontal Stabilizer

• Wings

• Vertical Stabilizer

This control surface controls the pitch of an airplane

• Spoilers

• Rudder

• Elevators

• Flaps

What do the flaps do on an airplane?

• Increase drag

• Increase lift

• change the shape of the airfoil

• all of these are correct

What part of a plane is commonly known as a tail fin?

• Vertical Stabilizer

• Horizontal Stabilizers

• Rudder

• Fuselage

What control surface is responsible for yaw?

• Flaps

• Ailerons

• Rudder

• Elevators

Where are the elevators located?

• Vertical Stabilizer

• Wings

• Horizontal Stabilizers

• I don't know

Where does thrust come from on an airplane?

• Wings

• Rudder

• Fuselage

• Engines

After this formative assessment, how much more practice do you feel you need before you are ready for the summative assessment?

• None, I am ready

• I will need to study, but I'll be ready for Wednesday

• I might need an extra day to study

• I don't feel ready at all