Air, Aerodynamics and Flight Hangman

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Play with a partner. Guess a letter: if it is in the word, write it in the blanks; if not, draw the next part of the hangman.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1.

Hint: The airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend

2.

Hint: Swiss physicist who contributed to hydrodynamics and mathematical physics

3.

Hint: The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

4.

Hint: An increase in the density of something

5.

Hint: Force that pulls objects toward the Earth

6.

Hint: Layer of air around the Earth

7.

Hint: A craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines

8.

Hint: The force used in pushing

9.

Hint: An airfoil that controls lateral motion (plural)

10.

Hint: The component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity