PLTW Flight Final Test

What force directly opposes the weight of the aircraft and holds the aircraft in the air?

• weight

• lift

• thrust

• drag

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

What force is a measure of gravity's pull on the aircraft?

• weight

• lift

• thrust

• drag

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

What is magnitude?

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is "A force applied to a body to propel it in a desired direction, the force which moves an aircraft or rocket."

• drag

• thrust

• lift

• weight

What is:

"Resistance of air against the forward movement of an airplane or rocket."

• thrust

• drag

• lift

• weight

What word describes the following shape?

• Airway

• Airfoil

• Aeron

• Airflow

What word describes the following shape?

• Airway

• Airfoil

• Aeron

• Airflow

An aircraft similar to an airplane that has no engine

• Glider

• Prototype

• Force

• Helicopter

A systematic, problem-solving strategy that designers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.

• Design Process

• Design Artifacts

• Unbalanced Force

• Acceleration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A push or a pull upon an object resulting from the object’s interaction with another object.

• Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Gravity

• Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-1