Flight
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Objective
I can describe the four forces of flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag.
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Warm-up video
Unknown Channel · 5:00
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Practice
7 questions
Briefly describe what happened to the plane in the video.
The pilot inverted the plane. How might this action have temporarily affected the lift force acting on the plane?
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Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Describe how the force of weight was acting on the plane before the pilot inverted it. Based on the video, what force was most directly affected by the failure of the jack screw, and how did this affect the plane's movement? ”
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