1. Civil Air Patrol Module 1: Introduction to Flight
JEOPARDY

2. Flight
Basics
The Power
of Rising Air
Hot Air
Balloons
Forces of
Flight
Wings
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3. Flight Basics 100
Pertaining to air
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4. Answer
What is aero?
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5. Flight Basics 200
Any machine that is capable of flying through the air; included are ultralights, airplanes, gliders, balloons, helicopters, hangliders, and parasails
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6. Answer
What is an aircraft?
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7. Flight Basics 300
A place on either land or water where aircraft can land and take off for flight
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8. Answer
What is an airport?
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9. Flight Basics 400
Air in motion
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10. Answer
What is wind?
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11. A person who operates an aircraft in flight
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A person who operates an aircraft in flight
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12. Answer
What is an aviator?
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13. Answer The Power of Rising Air 100
Usually a single-engined airplane that will pull a glider from the ground to an altitude where it can be released
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14. Answer
What is a tow plane?
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15. A column of air that moves upward
The Power of Rising Air 200
A column of air that moves upward
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16. Answer
What is a thermal?
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17. The art of staying aloft by exploiting the energy of the atmosphere
The Power of Rising Air 300
The art of staying aloft by exploiting the energy of the atmosphere
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18. Answer
What is soaring?
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19. Height above sea level or ground level expressed in units
The Power of Rising Air 400
Height above sea level or ground level expressed in units
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20. Answer
What is altitude?
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21. Fluid motion between regions of unequal heating
The Power of Rising Air 500
Fluid motion between regions of unequal heating
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22. Answer
What is convection?
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23. Answer Hot Air Balloons100
An aircraft that uses lighter-than-air gas for its lift, with no built-in means of horizontal control
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24. Answer
What is a balloon?
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25. The heat source for filling the envelope with hot air
Hot Air Balloons 200
The heat source for filling the envelope with hot air
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26. Answer
What is the burner?
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27. Answer Hot Air Balloons 300
The main body of the balloon, usually made of nylon, that is filled with lighter-than-air gas
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28. Answer
What is the envelope?
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29. Answer Hot Air Balloons 400
A wicker basket, hanging below the envelope, used to transport passengers and propane tanks
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30. Answer
What is a gondola?
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31. One of several vertical panels that make up the envelope
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One of several vertical panels that make up the envelope
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32. Answer
What is a gore?
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33. The natural force pulling everything to Earth
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The natural force pulling everything to Earth
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34. Answer
What is gravity?
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35. Answer Forces of Flight 200
The upward force that opposes gravity and supports the weight of an aircraft
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36. Answer
What is lift?
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37. A force which slows the forward movement of an aircraft in flight
Forces of Flight 300
A force which slows the forward movement of an aircraft in flight
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38. Answer
What is drag?
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39. Answer Forces of Flight 400
The force that is caused by the forward movement of an aircraft in flight
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40. Answer
What is thrust?
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41. Forces of Flight 500
Forces in motion
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42. Answer
What is dynamic?
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43. Wings 100
A component, such as a wing, that is specifically designed to produce lift, thrust or directional stability
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44. Answer
What is an airfoil?
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45. The downward movement of air behind a wing in flight
Wings 200
The downward movement of air behind a wing in flight
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46. Answer
What is downwash?
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47. The upward movement of air ahead of the wing in flight
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Wings 300
The upward movement of air ahead of the wing in flight
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48. Answer
What is upwash?
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49. The curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
Wings 400
The curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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50. Answer
What is camber?
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51. A line drawn through an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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A line drawn through an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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52. Answer
What is a chord?
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54. Common
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Aviation
Potluck
Gliders
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Balloon Fun
People
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55. Common Air 200
An aircraft that is kept aloft by the aerodynamic forces upon its wings and is thrust forward by a means of propulsion
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56. Answer
What is an airplane?
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57. A combination of aeronautics and space
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A combination of aeronautics and space
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58. Answer
What is aerospace?
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59. The science of flight within an atmosphere
Common Air 600
The science of flight within an atmosphere
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60. Answer
What is aeronautics?
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61. Common Air 800
A mixture of gases that contains approximately 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases
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62. Answer
What is air?
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63. Relating to the forces of air in motion
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Relating to the forces of air in motion
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64. Answer
What is aerodynamics?
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65. The front part of a wing or airfoil
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The front part of a wing or airfoil
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66. What is the leading edge?
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What is the leading edge?
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67. The three axes of flight
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The three axes of flight
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68. What is are vertical, longitudinal, and lateral?
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What is are vertical, longitudinal, and lateral?
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69. The art, science, and technology of flight within the atmosphere
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The art, science, and technology of flight within the atmosphere
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70. Answer
What is aviation?
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71. The flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane
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The flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane
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72. Answer
What is relative wind?
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73. Answer Aviation Potluck 1000
A spinning column of air that is created behind the wingtip as a result of air moving from an area of high pressure on the bottom to an area of low pressure on top
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74. Answer
What is a vortex?
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75. Gliders 200
Mass in a given volume
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76. Answer
What is density?
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77. The atmosphere’s resistance to vertical motion
Gliders 400
The atmosphere’s resistance to vertical motion
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78. Answer
What is stability?
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79. Gliders 600
A waving action with strong up and down motions started as air moves across mountain ranges
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80. Answer
What is a wave?
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81. Gliders 800
The average rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude (average is 3 ½ degrees per 1000 feet increase in altitude)
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82. Answer
What is the lapse rate?
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83. Gliders 1000
A mathematical relationship between the distance an aircraft will glide forward to the altitude loss
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84. Answer
What is the glide ratio?
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85. Instrument to provide the height of the balloon above sea level
More Balloon Fun 200
Instrument to provide the height of the balloon above sea level
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86. Answer
What is the altimeter?
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87. The top of the hot air balloon’s envelope
More Balloon Fun 400
The top of the hot air balloon’s envelope
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88. Answer
What is the crown?
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89. Answer More Balloon Fun 600
Located in the top of the balloon’s envelope that allows it to be deflated
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90. What is a parachute panel?
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What is a parachute panel?
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91. An instrument that measures the temperature within the envelope
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An instrument that measures the temperature within the envelope
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92. Answer
What is the thermistor?
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93. Answer More Balloon Fun 1000
An instrument to determine the rate of climb or descent; sometimes referred to as vertical velocity indicator
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94. Answer
What is the variometer?
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95. People and More 200
The name of the two French brothers who created the first successful, manned, hot air balloon in 1783
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96. Answer
Who is Montgolfier?
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97. A lightweight, low carbon fuel used in hot air balloon burners
People and More 400
A lightweight, low carbon fuel used in hot air balloon burners
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98. Answer
What is propane?
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99. Discovered the Laws of Motion and helped us to understand flight
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Discovered the Laws of Motion and helped us to understand flight
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100. Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
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Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
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101. To rise or float on the surface of water or within the atmosphere
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To rise or float on the surface of water or within the atmosphere
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102. Answer
What is buoyancy?
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103. People and More 1000
His principle states that the faster flow of air above the wings has a lower pressure
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104. Who was Daniel Bernoulli?
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Who was Daniel Bernoulli?
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