Flight Vocabulary

What is located on the wings and generates roll?

• Aileron

• Elevator

• Rudder

• Propeller

Where do most airplanes land and take off from?

• Airport

• Runway

• Vertiport

• ILS

What does altitude refer to in aviation?

• How high an airplane is flying

• The speed of an airplane

• The weight of an airplane

• The direction of an airplane

Who was the Swiss scientist that studied how air moves?

• Bernoulli

• Newton

• Einstein

• Galileo

What is a contrail?

• A cloud made when water vapor condenses and freezes around small particles in aircraft exhaust

• A type of engine used to power aircraft

• The force that acts opposite to the direction of motion

• An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used to perform different functions

What is drag?

• The force that acts opposite to the direction of motion

• The force that moves an aircraft in the direction of its motion

• The force exerted on all objects by the Earth and other objects with mass

• The force that holds an airplane in the air

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What is a drone?

• An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) used to perform different functions

• The person who flies the airplane

• The part of the plane that creates most of the lift when air passes over it

• The wheels and support structures used to support airplanes while on the ground

What is located on the tail section of an airplane and controls the pitch?

• Elevator

• Aileron

• Rudder

• Propeller

What are emissions in aviation?

• Gases and particles found in aircraft exhaust; NASA is working to lower them

• The condition of the atmosphere in a specific time and place

• The downward force exerted on a plane by the Earth's gravity

• The movement of the air; important that pilots account for it while flying

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What is gravity?

• The force exerted on all objects by the Earth and other objects with mass

• The force that moves an aircraft in the direction of its motion

• The force that holds an airplane in the air

• The force that acts opposite to the direction of motion

Tags

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