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Flight & Space Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the terms below is NOT a FORCE of flight?

a)

Roll

b)

Drag

c)

Lift

d)

Thrust

2.

Which of terms below is NOT an airplane MOVEMENT?

a)

Yaw

b)

Roll

c)

Drag

d)

Pitch

3.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane FORWARD

a)

Drag

b)

Lift

c)

Thrust

d)

Weight

4.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane BACKWARDS

a)

Thrust

b)

Drag

c)

Lift

d)

Weight

5.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane DOWNWARDS?

a)

Weight

b)

Thrust

c)

Lift

d)

Drag

6.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane UPWARDS?

a)

Lift

b)

Thrust

c)

Weight

d)

Drag

7.

Which airplane AXIS goes from the front of the fuselage to the back of the fuselage?

a)

Lateral

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Vertical

8.

Which AXIS of flight is most associated with the PITCH motion?

a)

Lateral

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Vertical

9.

Which AXIS goes straight through the main wing of an airplane from end to end?

a)

Lateral

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Vertical

10.

Which AXIS of an airplane is most associated with the YAW motion?

a)

Lateral

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Vertical

11.

Which AXIS comes from underneath the airplane, comes up through the fuselage and then above the airplane?

a)

Lateral

b)

Vertical

c)

Longitudinal

12.

Which of the airplane parts below is know for generating LIFT?

a)

Wing

b)

Turbine Engine

c)

Fuselage

d)

Elevator

13.

Which airplane part is know for carrying the passengers or the payload?

a)

WIng

b)

Fuselage

c)

Cockpit

d)

Elevator

14.

Which part of an airplane is know for being the command and control center of the plane?

a)

Fuselage

b)

Wing

c)

Cockpit

d)

Winglet

15.

Which airplane part is known to help changing the YAW movement?

a)

Rudder

b)

Elevator

c)

Ailerons

d)

Cockpit

16.

Which airplane part is known for changing the PITCH movement of the aircraft?

a)

Elevator

b)

Rudder

c)

Aileron

d)

Winglet

17.

Which airplane part is know for changing the ROLL movement of an aircraft?

a)

Rudder

b)

Elevator

c)

Ailerons

d)

Winglet

18.
Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?
a)
Newton
b)
Descartes
c)
Bernoulli
d)
Pascal
19.
What do parachutes rely on to fall to the ground more slowly?
a)
Lift
b)
Drag
c)
Thrust
d)
Lift
20.
What professionals develop aircraft and spacecraft?
a)
mechanical engineers
b)
civil engineers
c)
aerospace engineers
d)
architects
21.
NASA stands for
a)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
b)
National Aerospace and Science Alliance
c)
National Astronomy and Space Academy 
d)
North American Space Association
22.
Where was it when the Wright brothers made the first flight in their plane
a)
New York City, NY
b)
Minneapolis, MN
c)
Kitty hawk, NC
d)
Glyndon, England
23.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Grand Positioning Style
b)
Global Positioning System
c)
Graphic Propeller Surface
24.
Which is NOT an example of powered aircraft?
a)
jet
b)
rocket
c)
hang glider
d)
airplane
25.
What force gives an upward push?
a)
lift
b)
drag
c)
thrust
d)
weight