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Flight & Space Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Lateral

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Vertical

2.

Which of terms below is NOT an airplane MOVEMENT?

a)

Yaw

b)

Roll

c)

Drag

d)

Pitch

3.
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
4.
What do parachutes rely on to fall to the ground more slowly?
a)
Lift
b)
Drag
c)
Thrust
d)
Lift
5.
What professionals develop aircraft and spacecraft?
a)
mechanical engineers
b)
civil engineers
c)
aerospace engineers
d)
architects
6.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane DOWNWARDS?

a)

Weight

b)

Thrust

c)

Lift

d)

Drag

7.

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

a)

Roll

b)

Drag

c)

Lift

d)

Thrust

8.

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

a)

Elevator

b)

Rudder

c)

Aileron

d)

Winglet

9.

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

a)

Rudder

b)

Elevator

c)

Ailerons

d)

Cockpit

10.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane UPWARDS?

a)

Lift

b)

Thrust

c)

Weight

d)

Drag

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.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Grand Positioning Style
b)
Global Positioning System
c)
Graphic Propeller Surface
13.

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

a)

Rudder

b)

Elevator

c)

Ailerons

d)

Winglet

14.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane FORWARD

a)

Drag

b)

Lift

c)

Thrust

d)

Weight

15.

Which force of flight pulls an airplane BACKWARDS

a)

Thrust

b)

Drag

c)

Lift

d)

Weight

16.
Which is NOT an example of powered aircraft?
a)
jet
b)
rocket
c)
hang glider
d)
airplane
17.
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
18.

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

a)

WIng

b)

Fuselage

c)

Cockpit

d)

Elevator

19.
Whose Principle is used to describe why flight is possible?
a)
Newton
b)
Descartes
c)
Bernoulli
d)
Pascal
20.
What force gives an upward push?
a)
lift
b)
drag
c)
thrust
d)
weight

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