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Aerospace Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Hot Air Balloon
Wash In/Wash Out
Aerodynamics
Glider
2. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Subsonic
Wing Span
Wash In/Wash Out
Fuselage
3. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Empennage
Thrust
Static Stability
Jingle
4. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Aspect Ratio
Taper
Aerodynamics
Drag
5. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Yaw
Infomercial
Lateral Axis...
Powerplant
6. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Infomercial
Airplane
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Slogan
7. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Maneuverability
Weight
Launch
Slogan
8. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Reynolds Number
Airplane
Seaplane
Cockpit
9. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Wing Span
Controllability
Leading Edge
Infomercial
10. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Dihedral
Longitudinal Axis...
Rocket
Aileron
11. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Hot Air Balloon
Wash In/Wash Out
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Maneuverability
12. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Aeronautics
Weight
Infomercial
13. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Rocket
Script
Trailing Edge
14. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aeronautics
Aerospace
Jingle
Aileron
15. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Aerospace Engineer
Angle of Attack
Keel Effect
Sailplane
16. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Lift
Hypersonic
Angle of Attack
Airship
17. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Launch
Aeronautics
Script
Hypersonic
18. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
High hypersonic
Storyboard
Space Shuttle
Infomercial
19. Control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing extending outward from the fuselage to the midpoint of each wing. Flaps can increase the lifting efficiency of the wing and decrease stall speed.
Lapse Rate
Static Stability
Flaps
Empennage
20. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Slogan
Dynamic Stability
Taper
Airfoil
21. Aircraft stability is the characteristic of an airplane in flight that causes it to return to a condition of equilibrium - or steady flight - after it is disturbed.
Hypersonic
Stability
Aerodynamics
Helicopter
22. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Sailplane
Subsonic
Cockpit
Aeronautics
23. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Trailing Edge
Empennage
Drones
Pitch
24. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Subsonic
Dihedral
Infomercial
Seaplane
25. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Subsonic
Vertical Axis...
Boundary Layer
Slogan
26. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Boundary Layer
Yaw
High hypersonic
27. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Dihedral
Yaw
Script
Launch
28. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
High hypersonic
M
Lateral Axis...
Subsonic
29. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Drag
Aeronautics
Reynolds Number
Airplane
30. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Aeronautics
Rocket
Aerospace Engineer
Stall
31. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Hot Air Balloon
Aerospace
Wing Span
32. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Rudder
Static Stability
Airfoil
Longitudinal Axis...
33. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Longitudinal Axis...
Slogan
Subsonic
Trailing Edge
34. Design machines that fly.
Hot Air Balloon
Vertical Axis...
Stall
Aerospace Engineer
35. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Powerplant
Glider
Aerospace
Yaw
36. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Glider
Launch
Aeronautics
Fuselage
37. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Stall
Keel Effect
Wing Planform
Roll
38. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Hypersonic
Keel Effect
Vertical Axis...
Stall
39. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Aileron
Launch
Boundary Layer
Aeronautics
40. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Aerospace
Subsonic
Rudder
Space Shuttle
41. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Aeronautics
Subsonic
Drag
Pitch
42. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Storyboard
Wing
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Center of Gravity
43. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Glider
Aeronautics
Hot Air Balloon
Rudder
44. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Helicopter
Angle of Attack
Aeronautics
Wing Planform
45. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Aeronautics
Wing
Glider
Static Stability
46. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Stability
Yaw
Keel Effect
Subsonic
47. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Thrust
Leading Edge
Helicopter
Elevator
48. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Glider
Pitch
Roll
Elevator
49. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Trailing Edge
Reynolds Number
Rocket
50. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Seaplane
Launch
High hypersonic
Angle of Attack