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Airplane parts

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

ailerons

b)

rudders

c)

flaps

d)

elevators

2.

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

a)

leading edge

b)

pitch

c)

airfoil

d)

wing

3.

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

a)

fuselage

b)

cockpit

c)

sitting area

d)

lounge

4.

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

a)

aileron

b)

rudder

c)

flaps

d)

elevator

5.

Tail assembly of the aircraft including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, as well as the elevators and rudders:

a)

cockpit

b)

power plant

c)

empennage

d)

airfoil

6.

Control surfaces of a wing attached nearest the fuselage on the trailing edge of the wing that increase the lift efficiency of a wing and decrease stall speed:

a)

ailerons

b)

flaps

c)

elevators

d)

leading edge

7.

It houses the cockpit, cabin and the hold and is a common attachment point for other major components:

a)

undercarriage

b)

empennage

c)

wings

d)

hull

8.

Aircraft designed to fly without an engine:

a)

Cessna

b)

USS Arizona

c)

Boeing 747

d)

glider

9.

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

a)

rudder

b)

horizontal stabilizer

c)

vertical stabilizer

d)

elevator

10.

Control surface on the front of a wing that catches the wind first:

a)

aileron

b)

flap

c)

leading edge

d)

slot

11.

Structure that consists of both the engine and the propeller:

a)

turbo jet

b)

power plant

c)

battery

d)

wing

12.

Control surface which is the last point airflow reacts with the wing:

a)

leading edge

b)

trailing edge

c)

winglet

d)

rudder

13.

Control surface on the vertical stabilizer that adjusts directional change:

a)

rudder

b)

elevator

c)

vertical stabilizer

d)

flap

14.

Airfoil that generates lift perpendicular to the fuselage:

a)

horizontal stabilizer

b)

vertical stabilizer

c)

wing

d)

cabin

15.

A movable control surface on the front, leading edge of the wing:

a)

flap

b)

spoiler

c)

aileron

d)

slat

16.

A part of the wing furthest away from the fuselage, located on the wingtip:

a)

slat

b)

aileron

c)

winglet

d)

spoiler

17.

This type of landing gear is used for landing on water surfaces (synonym is pontoon):

a)

tricycle

b)

floats

c)

skis

d)

flap

18.

These control surfaces located on the top of each wing are used immediately on landing to greatly reduce lift and increase drag (synonym is lift dumper):

a)

spoilers

b)

slats

c)

flaps

d)

ailerons

19.

The four aerodynamic forces that influence an aircraft in flight are:

a)

lift, weight, drag, propulsion

b)

lift, gravity, resistance, thrust

c)

elevator, weight, drag, propulsion

d)

lift, gravity, drag, thrust

20.

The forwardmost section of an aircraft, specially shaped to minimize aerodynamic drag (synonym is radome):

a)

nose wheel

b)

nose cone

c)

cockpit

d)

nose gear