Lift

Label the diagram with the following four labels:

a

b

c

d

slow moving air

high pressure

low pressure

fast moving air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is an airfoil?

• A type of bird

• A streamline design shape that is curved on the upper surface and flat on the lower surface

• A type of car

• A type of boat

What is the primary function of an airfoil shape in nature?

• To aid in motion and flight

• To absorb sunlight

• To store water

• To provide shelter

What principle explains why planes can fly?

• Newton's Law

• Bernoulli's Principle

• Archimedes' Principle

• Pythagorean Theorem

What happens to the air pressure on the bottom of an object when the air above moves faster?

• It becomes less

• It becomes greater

• It stays the same

• It disappears

Air travels  ______________ over the top of a wing.

• faster

• slower 

• doesn't move at all

• the same speed as

True or false: The speed above the wing is more than the speed below the wing.

• True

• False

True or false: The aerofoil shape (the cross sectional shape of an airplane wing) encourages air below the wing to move faster in an area of high pressure than the air above in an area of low pressure?

• True

• False

What is lift in the context of aerodynamics?

• A force that opposes gravity and supports the weight of an aircraft

• A force that propels an aircraft forward

• A force that slows down an aircraft

• A force that turns an aircraft

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which scientific principle primarily explains the generation of lift on an airplane wing?

• Newton's Third Law of Motion

• Bernoulli's Principle

• Archimedes' Principle

• Pascal's Law