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Quiz about Flight Basics
Quiz about Flight Basics

Flight Basics Trivia Quiz


This is a mixed quiz about the science of flight and some questions about the four forces of flight. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by kool_kid. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
kool_kid
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
283,804
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1760
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (3/10), Guest 86 (7/10), Guest 104 (2/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. What CREATES more drag on an airplane? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. How do airplanes get their thrust for extended periods of time? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What would happen to the plane if THRUST became GREATER than DRAG? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. How does an airfoil work? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What would happen if thrust, drag, lift, and gravity were all exerted equally on a plane? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is the best type of shape an aircraft needs to be to reduce drag? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A pilot looked at his plane: it had small wings. The pilot took the plane for a test flight. What would most be likely to happen when the pilot flies his airplane? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Airplanes are relatively easy to control.


Question 9 of 10
9. Which one of the following doesn't fly? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What three things make it possible for a bird to fly? (Note that all three points in the answer need to be true for the answer to be correct!) Hint





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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What CREATES more drag on an airplane?

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.
2. How do airplanes get their thrust for extended periods of time?

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".
3. What would happen to the plane if THRUST became GREATER than DRAG?

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.
4. How does an airfoil work?

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.
5. What would happen if thrust, drag, lift, and gravity were all exerted equally on a plane?

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).
6. What is the best type of shape an aircraft needs to be to reduce drag?

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.
7. A pilot looked at his plane: it had small wings. The pilot took the plane for a test flight. What would most be likely to happen when the pilot flies his airplane?

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.
8. Airplanes are relatively easy to control.

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!
9. Which one of the following doesn't fly?

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.
10. What three things make it possible for a bird to fly? (Note that all three points in the answer need to be true for the answer to be correct!)

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.
Source: Author kool_kid

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