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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. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Boundary Layer
Cockpit
Aileron
Hot Air Balloon
2. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Rudder
Jingle
Maneuverability
Pitch
3. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Stall
Elevator
Boundary Layer
4. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Aeronautics
Pitch
Glider
Powerplant
5. 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.
Pitch
Flaps
Sailplane
Thrust
6. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Rudder
Elevator
Rocket
Pitch
7. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Sailplane
Airplane
Dynamic Stability
Thrust
8. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Launch
Hypersonic
Helicopter
9. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Airfoil
Wash In/Wash Out
Aileron
10. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Wash In/Wash Out
Trailing Edge
Taper
Keel Effect
11. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Lapse Rate
Lateral Axis...
Seaplane
Airship
12. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Jingle
Infomercial
Longitudinal Axis...
Cockpit
13. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
M
Maneuverability
Supersonic
Subsonic
14. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Maneuverability
Weight
Yaw
Longitudinal Axis...
15. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Boundary Layer
Pitch
Wash In/Wash Out
16. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
M
Aeronautics
Aerospace
Launch
17. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Fuselage
Flaps
Aerospace
Drag
18. Robotic aircraft - used extensively by the military.
Pitch
Aeronautics
Storyboard
Drones
19. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Wing
Seaplane
Boundary Layer
Lapse Rate
20. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Boundary Layer
Stall
Wing
Aileron
21. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Yaw
Fuselage
Launch
22. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Aerodynamics
Lift
Yaw
Storyboard
23. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Aeronautics
Taper
Wing Planform
Aileron
24. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
High hypersonic
Stability
Jingle
Drones
25. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Static Stability
Drones
Vertical Axis...
Space Shuttle
26. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Seaplane
Infomercial
Taper
Aeronautics
27. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Hypersonic
Aerospace
Subsonic
Controllability
28. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Wing Span
Horizontal Stabilizer
Stability
Slogan
29. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Roll
Supersonic
High hypersonic
Center of Gravity
30. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Boundary Layer
Aeronautics
Static Stability
Trailing Edge
31. 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.
Taper
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Launch
Hypersonic
32. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Supersonic
Space Shuttle
Maneuverability
Rocket
33. A built in twist in the wing so that the trailing edge at the wingtip is raised (Wash out) or lowered (Wash in). This significantly affects the slow flight and stall characteristics of the wing.
Wash In/Wash Out
Keel Effect
Airship
Cockpit
34. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Trailing Edge
Lift
Space Shuttle
Rudder
35. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
Wing
M
Powerplant
Leading Edge
36. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Aerospace Engineer
Aspect Ratio
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Helicopter
37. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Keel Effect
Flaps
Angle of Attack
Airplane
38. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Pitch
M
Aeronautics
Aileron
39. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Longitudinal Axis...
Helicopter
Storyboard
Aspect Ratio
40. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Aerospace Engineer
Wing
Weight
Airfoil
41. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Aspect Ratio
Lift
Roll
M
42. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Powerplant
Jingle
Roll
Yaw
43. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Rocket
Horizontal Stabilizer
Wing Planform
Sailplane
44. 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.
Glider
Taper
Horizontal Stabilizer
Stability
45. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Cockpit
High hypersonic
Aeronautics
Weight
46. To set or thrust in motion.
Wing Span
Angle of Attack
Launch
Space Shuttle
47. 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.
Maneuverability
Vertical Axis...
Aeronautics
Stability
48. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Leading Edge
Lapse Rate
Weight
Elevator
49. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Space Shuttle
Lateral Axis...
Roll
Wing Span
50. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Aeronautics
Hot Air Balloon
Fuselage
Center of Gravity