Civil Air Patrol - Aerospace - Module 1
questions & answers.
Pure flight involves using a force to________a machine _____________. ANS -lift; upwards
_____________and his son _________tried to fly in an ancient legend ANS -Daedelus ; Icarus
1299 AD- Marco Polo saw _________ sailors attached to kites being used as __________ observers. This
could be considered the first manned aircraft. ANS -Chinese; military
21 November 1783- _______minute balloon flight over _________. ANS -25; Paris
Wings are designed to make air flow ______ on the top. It creates low pressure on top and high
pressure on the bottom of the wing, creating ______. ANS -faster; lift
As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. ANS -Bernoulli's Principle
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force ANS -Newton's First Law
A force acting on a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of the ANS -Newton's Second Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - acceleration- F=ma ANS -Newton's Third Law
____________ __________accelerates over the upper camber of the wing ANS -Relative wind
Natural force, creates resistance ANS -Drag
Natural force pulls you down ANS -Gravity
questions & answers.
Pure flight involves using a force to________a machine _____________. ANS -lift; upwards
_____________and his son _________tried to fly in an ancient legend ANS -Daedelus ; Icarus
1299 AD- Marco Polo saw _________ sailors attached to kites being used as __________ observers. This
could be considered the first manned aircraft. ANS -Chinese; military
21 November 1783- _______minute balloon flight over _________. ANS -25; Paris
Wings are designed to make air flow ______ on the top. It creates low pressure on top and high
pressure on the bottom of the wing, creating ______. ANS -faster; lift
As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure decreases. ANS -Bernoulli's Principle
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force ANS -Newton's First Law
A force acting on a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of the ANS -Newton's Second Law
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction - acceleration- F=ma ANS -Newton's Third Law
____________ __________accelerates over the upper camber of the wing ANS -Relative wind
Natural force, creates resistance ANS -Drag
Natural force pulls you down ANS -Gravity
