Flight Basics Trivia Quiz

Answer: Things sticking out of the plane's body

It is a streamline-shaped body (shaped like an airfoil) which reduces drag and
adds more thrust to speed the plane up. If you want to increase drag, there would have to be a lot of things sticking out of the plane; so in order to have less drag, you would need to have a smooth plane.

Answer: All of these together.

The propellers create lower pressure air but they don't lift it, they push it behind them, creating thrust. The jet engine and the gasoline start this process. The gasoline gets compressed with other gases, then a spark goes off and causes an explosion, which creates thrust. A scientific word for flame is "Combustion".

Answer: It would go faster

This is how a plane travels so quickly. It doesn't run by a pedal, like in a car, but switches buttons and triggers to change the amount of lift, thrust and drag.

Answer: Faster-moving air goes over the airfoil and slower moving air goes under, causing upthrust

The top of the airfoil is curved so the air above it has to move faster to meet up to the slower moving air below it. The low pressure air is above the wing, putting less resistance on it, and higher pressure air is below it, causing the plane to lift up.

Answer: It would remain travelling at a constant speed

It would not be able to accelerate (go faster) for a split second and then gravity would kick in (in real life).

Answer: Streamlined

The streamline, which takes the shape of a bird looking at it from in front, is the shape of an airfoil. This creates lift by faster moving air above creating lower pressure air. The slower moving air below is at a higher pressure, which helps create lift.

Answer: The plane would not recover from turbulence well

It wouldn't be as smooth a flight as it would be with longer, larger wings. This plane may go higher (because if you made the wings longer, the plane would be heavier), but the flight in general on a plane with small wings would not be AS smooth as a typical plane with longer wings.

Answer: True

All the pilot has to adjust is steering, thrust, drag and lift, but it can be very confusing with all of the buttons and switches! Most pilots have spent years training just to learn the buttons and switches!

Answer: Penguin

Penguins are birds, but are too heavy to fly. Instead they waddle, swim, and slide on their stomachs. A frisbee takes the shape of an airfoil, that's why it flies so smoothly.

Answer: hollow bones, no teeth, airfoil shaped wing

Hollow bones makes birds lighter (for lift), having no teeth also makes them lighter, and airfoil shaped wings help them stay in the air. Their tails (and the feathers on them) help them to steer.