Flight Control Surfaces

The wheels of a plane are called the

• landing gear

• wheels

• fuselage

The body of the plane is called the

• flaps

• fuselage

• landing gear

The________________ are hinges on the wings and move downward to push the air down and make the wing tilt up.

• flaps

• fuselage

• ailerons

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The _______________ moves left and right to control the left or right movement of the plane

• rudder

• tail

• fin

The __________ can be raised or lowered to change the direction of the plane's nose

• elevator

• fin

• fudder

The wings of a plane are called

• airfoils

• wings

• flaps

The four forces of flight considered in the design of airplane parts are lift, __________, thrust and __________.

• gravity, drag

• drag, gravity

• lift, drag

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The elevator controls “_____________,” or the up-and-down motion of the airplane’s nose.

• flaps

• lift

• pitch

• yaw

the variable you change in an experiment is called the

• manipulated variable

• controlled variable

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

You should change ________ variable(s) at a time in an experiment

• one

• two

• three

• four

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4