BrainPOP: Flight

If an airplane engine cut out in midair, which force

would decrease almost immediately?

• a. Gravity

• b. Thrust

• c. Weight

• d. Drag

What word describes the

following shape?

• a. Airway

• b. Airfoil

• c. Aeron

• d. Airflow

What can you infer from the fact that airplane wings

and birds' wings have similar shapes?

• a. That birds fly better than airplanes since they existed

  first

• b. That birds and airplanes take off in the exact same

  way

• c. That airplane wings were originally covered in feathers

• d. That aircraft engineers studied birds' wings when they

  designed plane wings

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When a plane is in flight, what's the main difference

between the air below and above its wings?

• a. The air above the wings has lower pressure

• b. The air below the wings has lower pressure

• c. The air above the wings has a higher temperature

• d. The air below the wings has a higher temperature

When might you feel the force of drag in everyday

life?

• a. When you take an elevator upward

• b. When you stick your hand out the window of a moving

  car

• c. When you sit under a ceiling fan

• d. When you take an escalator downward

The forces of lift and weight act in _____ directions.

• a. Opposite

• b. Parallel

• c. Random

• d. Unknown

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Streamlined objects experience less drag. Which of

the following vehicles best fits the description

"streamlined?"

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8. Why don't jumbo jets have propellers?

• a. Because their wings are aerodynamically shaped

• b. Because only helicopters have propellers

• c. Because jet engines provide more thrust

• d. Because they are powered by jet fuel, not friction

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What can you infer about the airplane parts called

"elevators?"

• a. Manipulating them allows the plane to move up or

  down

• b. Manipulating them allows the plane to turn left or right

• c. Manipulating them allows the plane to go forward or

  backward

• d. Manipulating them changes the forces of weight and

  drag

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To which feature of a car is the control column of

an airplane most similar?

• a. The steering wheel

• b. The gas pedal

• c. The brake pedal

• d. The gearshift