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air and aerodynamics and flying

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

deformed oval

b)

airfoil

c)

pizza

d)

car

2.

Air Pressure is...

a)

the amount of space an object takes up

b)

the amount of air placed in or around an object

c)

what you breath

3.

The amount of air that pushes against an object is

a)

air jordan

b)

air acceptance

c)

air resistance

d)

airflow

4.

Compression is...

a)

air spread out in a large space

b)

air pressed into a small space

5.

What are the 4 forces in flight

a)

lift, gravity, engine, thrush

b)

Starwars Force

c)

lift, gravity, drag and thrust

d)

light, gravity, brag and thrust

6.

Fuselage is

a)

moves the plane through the air

b)

fills the plane with gas

c)

takes in air

d)

main part of the plane

7.

The Propeller

a)

moves the car through the air

b)

moves the bird through the air

c)

moves the plane through the air

d)

moves the plant through the air

8.

Air is

a)

made up of one gas

b)

made up of different gases

c)

made up of no gases

9.

Air exists because

a)

it takes up space

b)

it has volume

c)

it has weight and mass

d)

all of the above

10.

Hot Air Balloons work because

a)

cold air rises

b)

hot air rises

c)

they use vacuums to create lift

d)

hot air balloons are controlled by ropes

11.

jet engines...

a)

fly

b)

explode

c)

take in air, compress it, then the air is forced out

d)

take in hair, compress it, then the air is forced in

12.

Ailerons are...

a)

your next meal

b)

an animal

c)

a word grandma says

d)

flaps on the wings of the plane that move up and down

13.

role is...

a)

a roll of cash

b)

sushi roll

c)

when one wing dips lower than the other making it turn

d)

a log roll

14.

elevators are...

a)

flaps on the tail of the plane

b)

something with lots of buttons

c)

flaps on the front of the plane

15.

pitch is...

a)

when a plane moves up or down

b)

when the plane moves left or right

16.

the ruder is...

a)

it's this one

b)

the flap on the tail of the plane

c)

pick this one

17.

what is yaw?

a)

yaw yaw yaw

b)

a cowboy

c)

when the plane turns left or right

d)

pick this one for $10,000

18.

how do parachutes work?

a)

all of the above

b)

by increasing drag

c)

by falling

19.

birds have...

a)

hollow bones

b)

feathers

c)

wings shaped like airfoils

d)

strong pectoral muscles

20.

Bernoulli's principle says...

a)

he said nothing

b)

there is an equal or opposite reaction

c)

moving air has less pressure than still air