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Flight & Energy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________refers to the action or process of flying through the air.

a)

Aviation

b)

flight

c)

population

d)

fluid

2.

Which is an example of how flight can occur naturally?

a)

elevator

b)

plane

c)

eagle

d)

sitting in a chair on a mountain

3.

______________ is the flying of an aircraft.

a)

flight

b)

Aviation

c)

fluid

d)

air

4.

How far did the first successful airplane fly?

a)

120 feet

b)

130 feet

c)

140 feet

d)

150 feet

5.

Who created the first successful airplane?

a)

The Wright Brothers

b)

The Smith Brothers

c)

The Benoulli Brothers

d)

The Flight Brothers

6.

More than 80% of the population is afraid of flying.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Only 5% of the worlds population have ever been on a plane.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The first flight humans took was in 1803.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A Boeing 747 can fly from New York to Australia on one tank of gas.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Most people in the world have been on an airplane.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

________ is the invisible gas that surrounds the earth. A mixture of oxygen and nitrogen.

a)

fluid

b)

flight

c)

air

d)

hydrogen

12.

any substance that flows

a)

fluid

b)

air

c)

molecule

d)

flight

13.

Air particles have a lot of space between them so they can be squeezed together.

a)

Air takes up space.

b)

Air is affected by altitude

c)

Air can be compressed

14.

An empty balloon weighs less than a blown up balloon.

a)

Air takes up space.

b)

Air is affected by heat.

c)

Air has weight/mass.

15.

How many pounds of air pressure is pushing down on every inch of your body?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

15

d)

17

16.

There is no air in Outer Space.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How many forces of flight are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

Which of these is not one of the forces of flight.

a)

Drag

b)

Lift

c)

Weight

d)

speed

19.

If the drag becomes greater than the thrust, the aircraft will ___________.

a)

upward

b)

downward

c)

accelerate

d)

decelerate

20.

_________ principle helps explain how an aircraft uses its wings to achieve lift.

a)

Wrights

b)

Flights

c)

Bernoullis

d)

Orvilles

21.

The wings on an airplane are usually on the front of the plane.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

When a fluid travels faster, it will have ________pressure.

a)

less

b)

more

c)

no

23.

Substances and objects will move due to changes in air pressures.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

________________- is the force that sends an aircraft in the air and also holds it there.

a)

flight

b)

fluid

c)

Lift

d)

Air

25.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, is Newtons _______ Law of Motion.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth