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WorksheetsGrade 6 Science: Flight
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This force slows a plane down. It is caused by air friction.
a)
Lift
b)
Thrust
c)
Weight
d)
Drag
2.
What is an example of what forward force that can be produced by engines?
a)
Lift
b)
Thrust
c)
Drag
d)
Gravity
3.
Which Letter represents Gravity/Weight?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
Another name for air resistance or fluid friction.
a)
Lift
b)
Drag
c)
Thrust
d)
Gravity
5.
Which Letter represents Thrust?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
Which Letter represents Lift?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
Which Letter represents Drag?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
All objects within the Earth’s atmosphere are pulled downward by ________________?
a)
Drag
b)
Thrust
c)
Lift
d)
Gravity
9.
This is the name of the force that tries to push an aircraft up.
a)
Thrust
b)
Weight
c)
Drag
d)
Lift
10.
These two forces need to overcome their opposite force in order for an aircraft to fly.
a)
Drag & Weight
b)
Thrust & Weight
c)
Lift & Drag
d)
Lift & Thrust
11.
Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?
a)
Newton
b)
Descartes
c)
Bernoulli
d)
Pascal
12.
Faster air movement over an airplane wing creates _________ pressure, which in turn allows lift.
a)
Higher
b)
Lower
c)
No
d)
Faster
13.
In order to move forward, you must have more thrust than _______ to fly.
a)
Thrust
b)
Lift
c)
Drag
d)
Gravity
14.
What do parachutes rely on to fall to the ground more slowly?
a)
Lift
b)
Drag
c)
Thrust
d)
Lift
15.
What does this image represent?
a)
Lift
b)
Bernoulli's Principle
c)
Oxidation
d)
Drag
16.
The air ______ a wing tends to move faster than the air below it.
a)
Above
b)
Below
c)
Beside
d)
Inside
17.
When an airplane is taking off, lift is _______ than weight.
a)
greater than
b)
less than
c)
the same as
18.
A force that is always directed toward the center of the Earth.
a)
Gravity
b)
Thrust
c)
Lift
d)
Drag
19.
These provide lift for an aircraft. What are they?
a)
wings
b)
engines
c)
fuselages
d)
forces
20.
Gliders have engines.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
The study of air in motion.
a)
Gravity
b)
Aerodynamics
c)
Air Pressure
d)
Thrust
22.
Which is NOT an adaptation that helps a bird fly?
a)
Hallow Bones
b)
Feathers
c)
Skin
d)
Wings
23.
A ____________ is a push or a pull on an object.
a)
friction
b)
force
c)
magnet
d)
gravity
24.
If these teams are pulling with the same amount of force what will happen?
a)
The boy in blue will win.
b)
They will not move at all.
c)
The boy in red will win.
d)
Both will fall down.
25.
When mass increases then gravity
a)
Decreases
b)
Increases
c)
Stays the same
26.
Which has more gravitational force acting upon it?
a)
a bus
b)
a train
c)
a car
d)
a person
27.
A flat sloping surface that connects lower and higher elevations. It makes raising objects easier.
a)
wedge
b)
screw
c)
lever
d)
inclined plane
28.
An inclined plane wrapped around a rod forms this simple machine
a)
lever
b)
pulley
c)
screw
d)
wedge
29.
A simple machine that consists a rigid bar that pivot about a fixed point
a)
lever
b)
pulley
c)
wheel and axle
d)
fulcrum
30.
An axe is an example of a
a)
pulley
b)
inclined plane
c)
screw
d)
wedge
31.
A seesaw is an example of a
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
inclined plane
d)
pulley
32.
A device that has two or more simple machines working together
a)
fulcrum
b)
pulley
c)
compound (complex) machine
d)
motor
33.
Stairs
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
inclined plane
d)
wheel and axle
34.
Lightbulb
a)
wedge
b)
pulley
c)
incline plane
d)
screw
35.
Which is not a type of simple machine?
a)
spring
b)
screw
c)
pulley
d)
wedge
36.
What type of simple machine is found on the cap of a pickle jar?
a)
lever
b)
inclined plane
c)
pulley
d)
screw
37.
This device
a)
wedge
b)
lever
c)
incline plane
d)
wheel and axle
38.
What type of simple machine is this?
a)
wheel and axle
b)
gear
c)
lever
d)
inclined plane
39.
The fixed point on the lever is called
a)
load
b)
resistance
c)
bar
d)
fulcrum
40.
Identify this simple machine
a)
Lever
b)
Wheel & Axle
c)
Inclined Plane
d)
Screw
41.
What is it called when an airplane nose moves up or down?
a)
dive
b)
pitch
c)
roll
d)
yaw
42.
What are the 4 forces of flight?
a)
lift, torque, pitch and drag
b)
thrust, weight, up and down
c)
lift, weight, Thrust and CG
d)
lift, weight, drag, and thrust
43.
Which of the Wright brothers is recognized as the first person to fly in a powered aircraft?
a)
Wilbur
b)
Steve
c)
Orville
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