Flight and Forces Quiz

What is biomimicry?

• The study of nature to solve human problems

• The study of rockets and spacecrafts

• The study of weight and lift

• The study of drag and thrust

Which force pulls a flying object or device down?

• Weight

• Drag

• Thrust

• Lift

What is the force that raises a flying object or device up?

• Weight

• Lift

• Thrust

• Drag

What is the force that pulls a flying object or device backwards?

• Weight

• Lift

• Drag

• Thrust

What is the force that pushes a flying object or device forward?

• Weight

• Lift

• Thrust

• Drag

What is the action called when a rocket shoots hot gas backward to provide thrust?

• Bernoulli's principle

• Drag

• Jet propulsion

• Gravity

What is needed to overcome the drag from the Earth's atmosphere?

• Weight

• Lift

• Drag

• Thrust

What is the force of gravity pulling an object to the center of large objects called?

• Weight

• Lift

• Drag

• Thrust

What do rockets use to provide lift?

• Lift

• Weight

• Thrust

• Drag

What principle helps explain how airplanes achieve lift?

• Gravity

• Drag

• Bernoulli's principle

• Jet propulsion