AFJROTC // Science of Flight: Chapter 1
Lessons 1 – 3 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
What mechanism was used to aid a human being in successfully flying? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔kite
Where did flight by balloon first occur? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔France
What do aerodynamic characteristics affect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔motion
What do you need for an object to fly? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a force to lift it
What types of force can an airfoil exert? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔either a lifting
force, or a force that pushes or pulls
Which edge of an airfoil cuts through the air ahead? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔leading
What did aircraft designers use to test models of new aircraft? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔wind tunnels
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, How many wing shapes did the Wright brothers test in designing their
successful 1902 glider? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔200
What laws are fundamental to our understanding of flight today? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Newton's laws of motion
What is sometimes called the law of inertia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Newton's first
law of motion
When does an airplane take off and fly? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when the outside
force moves the aircraft fast enough to provide enough lifting force
According to Newton's second law of motion, an object's acceleration is
proportional to the sum of all forces exerted on it. How can you write this
law? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔force(f) = mass(m) x acceleration(a) or F=ma
Suppose you first attached a bottle rocket to a toy boat and lit the fuse.
Which would accelerate more rapidly: a small boat or a heavy boat? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔small toy boat
What does Newton's third law state? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔For every action
there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Lessons 1 – 3 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
What mechanism was used to aid a human being in successfully flying? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔kite
Where did flight by balloon first occur? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔France
What do aerodynamic characteristics affect? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔motion
What do you need for an object to fly? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a force to lift it
What types of force can an airfoil exert? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔either a lifting
force, or a force that pushes or pulls
Which edge of an airfoil cuts through the air ahead? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔leading
What did aircraft designers use to test models of new aircraft? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔wind tunnels
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
1
, How many wing shapes did the Wright brothers test in designing their
successful 1902 glider? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔200
What laws are fundamental to our understanding of flight today? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Newton's laws of motion
What is sometimes called the law of inertia? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Newton's first
law of motion
When does an airplane take off and fly? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when the outside
force moves the aircraft fast enough to provide enough lifting force
According to Newton's second law of motion, an object's acceleration is
proportional to the sum of all forces exerted on it. How can you write this
law? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔force(f) = mass(m) x acceleration(a) or F=ma
Suppose you first attached a bottle rocket to a toy boat and lit the fuse.
Which would accelerate more rapidly: a small boat or a heavy boat? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔small toy boat
What does Newton's third law state? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔For every action
there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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