What are the first names of the Wright brothers?
Orville and Wilbur
Name at least one part of an aircraft that comes from the French language.
fuselage, empennage, aileron
The name given to the up-down motion of the nose of an aircraft.
Pitch
Falling
Roll
Yaw
How long was the Wright brothers very first successful flight of their powered aircraft?
5.8 miles
1.2 miles
120 feet
3,501 feet
What aircraft component has to parts, installed one on each wing, that operate in opposite directions (one up and one down)? It causes the plane to roll.
vertical stabalizers
horizontal stabalizers
ailerons
flaps
When did the Wright Brothers first successfully fly their motor powered aircraft?
November 15, 1917
December 17, 1903
May 12, 1899
August 8, 1908
Explain how a car moves forward
The engine moves the wheels which push backwards on the road propelling the car forward.
What did Wilbur and Orville do to determine the best wing shape for an airplane?
Build a wind tunnel and tested many small model wings
What classroom devise did we use to illustrate Newton's Laws of Motion?
Newton's Cradle
Name at least two of the three actions a jet engine does to air molecules to produce thrust.
Acceleration, compression and Ignition
What did the Wright brothers call the flying toy their father gave them?
The Bat
Why did the Wright brothers travel all the way to Kitty Hawk NC to fly their experimental aircraft?
Lots of wind, soft sand for landing/crashing,
Explain how a plane produces thrust.
Through the use of a propeller or jet engine, planes move by "throwing" lots of air molecules in the opposite direction of its movement
Summarize Newton's Third law of motion.
For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.
What three "controls" did the Wright brothers successfully design to allow their plane to navigate airspace and fly from place to place.
pitch, roll, yaw
The name given to the side- to- side rotation of the aircraft, during which one wing is raised while the other is lowered.
Roll
Pitch
Yaw
Falling
The name given to the left-to-right motion of the nose of an aircraft.
Falling
Pitch
Yaw
Roll
Which part of an aircraft is used to produce "high lift" at take off and "high drag" for landing.
ailerons
rudder
elevator
flaps