Airplane

Which word goes where the question mark is?

• Drag

• Friction

• Gravity

• Trajectory

The aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft’s motion through the air?

• Drag

• Friction

• Gravity

• Trajectory

What is the study of the properties of moving air and the interaction between the air and solid bodies moving through it?

• Dynamics

• Economics

• Thermodynamics

• Aerodynamics

Small hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing that are used to generate rolling motion of a plane are called:

• ailerons

• rudders

• flaps

• elevators

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Rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down motion of the nose of the aircraft:

• aileron

• rudder

• flaps

• elevator

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Any surface, such as a wing, that produces aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air is called:

• leading edge

• pitch

• airfoil

• wing

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Space in a fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot and sometimes passengers:

• fuselage

• cockpit

• sitting area

• lounge

Structure that creates up and down forces at the tail end of a plane. The structure is horizontal but creates vertical forces:

• rudder

• horizontal stabilizer

• vertical stabilizer

• elevator

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Part of the vertical stabilizer that creates YAW

• rudder

• elevator

• vertical stabilizer

• flap

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Airfoil that generates lift?

• horizontal stabilizer

• vertical stabilizer

• wing

• cabin

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