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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. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Rocket
Storyboard
Lift
Infomercial
2. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
M
Weight
Wing
3. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Controllability
Infomercial
Subsonic
4. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Infomercial
Aeronautics
Sailplane
Helicopter
5. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Subsonic
Aerospace
Rudder
6. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Roll
Wing
Seaplane
Aerodynamics
7. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Flaps
Maneuverability
Taper
High hypersonic
8. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Space Shuttle
Slogan
Wash In/Wash Out
Weight
9. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Helicopter
Angle of Attack
High hypersonic
Airplane
10. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Pitch
Reynolds Number
Static Stability
Hypersonic
11. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Supersonic
Slogan
Aeronautics
Dihedral
12. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Subsonic
Drag
Aspect Ratio
Center of Gravity
13. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Hypersonic
Jingle
Slogan
Maneuverability
14. Design machines that fly.
Wing Planform
Vertical Axis...
Aerospace Engineer
Lapse Rate
15. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Longitudinal Axis...
Aerospace Engineer
Launch
16. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Longitudinal Axis...
Stall
Helicopter
Rudder
17. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Angle of Attack
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Wing
Lift
18. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Aeronautics
Hot Air Balloon
Storyboard
Stall
19. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Lapse Rate
Stall
Supersonic
Storyboard
20. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Static Stability
Stall
Sailplane
Airfoil
21. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Script
Taper
Airship
Hot Air Balloon
22. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Static Stability
Dynamic Stability
Helicopter
Reynolds Number
23. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Powerplant
Rocket
Sailplane
Controllability
24. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Airship
Space Shuttle
Trailing Edge
Airfoil
25. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Wing Span
Infomercial
M
26. A powered - aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator - uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift - can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely - can be expendable or recoverable - and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Leading Edge
Lift
Hypersonic
27. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Leading Edge
Aerospace
Cockpit
Airplane
28. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Keel Effect
Hot Air Balloon
Empennage
Aeronautics
29. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Fuselage
Aeronautics
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Vertical Axis...
30. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Dihedral
Rocket
Hypersonic
Aerospace
31. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Vertical Axis...
Flaps
Horizontal Stabilizer
Roll
32. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Trailing Edge
Infomercial
Dynamic Stability
Aerodynamics
33. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Lateral Axis...
Thrust
Aerospace Engineer
Lift
34. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Hot Air Balloon
Yaw
Flaps
Hypersonic
35. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Supersonic
Aerospace
Subsonic
M
36. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Airship
Pitch
Aspect Ratio
37. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Static Stability
Boundary Layer
Aeronautics
Fuselage
38. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Seaplane
Airfoil
Trailing Edge
Lift
39. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Aerospace
Powerplant
Drones
40. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Script
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Taper
Flaps
41. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Center of Gravity
Taper
Pitch
Hypersonic
42. A structure that creates up and down forces at the tail to keep the fuselage aligned in pitch with the relative wind. The structure itself is horizontal while the forces it creates are vertical.
Supersonic
Wash In/Wash Out
Horizontal Stabilizer
Static Stability
43. A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air - with a basket for passengers hanging from it.
Controllability
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Hot Air Balloon
Slogan
44. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Wash In/Wash Out
Empennage
M
Trailing Edge
45. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Angle of Attack
Aerodynamics
Sailplane
Airship
46. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Airfoil
Vertical Axis...
Glider
Subsonic
47. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Aerospace
Aeronautics
Script
Taper
48. 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.
Rudder
Elevator
Static Stability
Stability
49. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Keel Effect
Aeronautics
Vertical Axis...
Maneuverability
50. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Flaps
Wing Span
Storyboard
Rudder