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WorksheetsFlight and Space Unit 1
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 27mins
During the Instant Design Challenge, your team used the Design Process to create a paper airplane.
Identify the step of the Design Process that matches the following task—The team had to take design considerations into account, such as how far the plane should fly and where it should land.
Define a Problem
Generate Concepts
Design a Solution
Build and Test
As they create new airplane designs, aerospace engineers document their work.
Why is such documentation important? Select all that apply.
A. To provide future historians artifacts to exhibit in museums.
B. To know what worked and continue improving those designs.
C. To avoid making the same mistakes again.
D. To provide managers records for evaluating the progress of their workers.
Moderate lift and low drag
High speed
High Camber
Low Camber
Symmetrical Camber
High lift and high drag
Low speed
Low Camber
High Camber
Symmetrical Camber
Low lift and high drag
Low speed and good stability
Low Camber
Hight Camber
Symmetrical Camber
Describe what happens to an airplane in flight when drag is greater than thrust.
Plane rises
Plane decends
Plane accelerates
Plane slows
Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion explains what is happening in this statement—An airplane accelerates because of the force of thrust.
1st Law
2nd Law
3rd Law
4th Law
Which of Newton’s Laws of Motion explains what is happening in this statement—An airplane was at rest on the runway, waiting in line for the planes ahead of it to take off. The pilot turns on the jet engines and the plane begins moving forward on the runway. The plane changed from a state of rest to being in motion as a result of the force of thrust.
1st Law
2nd Law
3rd Law
6th Law
A military cargo plane is loaded with the maximum weight allowable for the flight. The cargo is heavier than what the pilot usually carries, so the pilot adjusts as follows:
The pilot flies slower to create less thrust and less lift
The pilot flies slower to create more thrust and more lift
The pilot flies faster to create less thrust and less lift
The pilot flies faster to create more thrust and more lift
Which term describes the right and left movement of a plane?
Roll
Pitch
Yaw
Which term describes the up and down of the nose of a plane?
Yaw
Pitch
Roll
Which action creates a difference in the lift on each wing, causing the plane to roll?
Moving the rudder left or right
Raising or lowering the elevators
Decreasing engine thrust
Raising one aileron and lowering the other aileron
When is a pilot likely to lower the elevators on an airplane?
When ascending to a higher altitude
When descending to a lower altitude
When taking off
After takeoff, when climbing and turning
How do you convert miles to nautical miles?
Divide miles by 1.151
Multiply miles by 1.151
Divide miles by 1.51
Multiply miles by 1.51
How do you determine the time of a flight?
Multiply the nautical miles by the speed of the plane
Divide the nautical miles by the speed of the plane
Multiply the speed of the plane by the nautical miles
When picking checkpoints, what must be considered?
Easily seen and recognized from the plane
They have to be cities
They have to be landforms
They have to be roads
The flight leaves at 15:40 and arrives at 21:30 on March 17. Who must be the Captian?
Lewis
Gonzalez
Hill
The flight leaves at 15:40 and arrives at 21:30 on March 17. Who will be the First Officer?
Sanchez
Morris
Reed
None of these choices will work
