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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.
Infomercial
Script
Lift
Aerospace
2. A glider designed for sustained flight.
Airfoil
Flaps
Drag
Sailplane
3. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Supersonic
Drag
M
Leading Edge
4. The relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Sailplane
Helicopter
Aspect Ratio
Pitch
5. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Wing Span
Vertical Axis...
Taper
Leading Edge
6. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Thrust
Sailplane
Maneuverability
Lift
7. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Wash In/Wash Out
Empennage
Elevator
Hot Air Balloon
8. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airfoil
Aerodynamics
Maneuverability
Wing
9. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Reynolds Number
Cockpit
Aerospace
10. 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.
Script
Stability
Aspect Ratio
Seaplane
11. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Vertical Axis...
Aerospace
Wash In/Wash Out
Aileron
12. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Sailplane
Space Shuttle
Wing Span
Keel Effect
13. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Aileron
Keel Effect
Trailing Edge
Subsonic
14. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
M
Reynolds Number
Jingle
Dynamic Stability
15. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Wing Planform
Controllability
Slogan
Space Shuttle
16. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Sailplane
Yaw
Roll
Supersonic
17. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Lapse Rate
Vertical Axis...
Roll
Maneuverability
18. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Pitch
Empennage
Wing Planform
Keel Effect
19. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Space Shuttle
Rocket
Powerplant
Aeronautics
20. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Cockpit
Powerplant
Helicopter
Rocket
21. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Reynolds Number
Helicopter
Storyboard
Lateral Axis...
22. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Wing
Stall
Empennage
23. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Dihedral
Longitudinal Axis...
Script
Aeronautics
24. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Wing Span
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aeronautics
Drones
25. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Airship
Rudder
Lift
Reynolds Number
26. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
Flaps
Aeronautics
Wing Span
27. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Supersonic
High hypersonic
Helicopter
28. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Aeronautics
Aeronautics
High hypersonic
Angle of Attack
29. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Aerodynamics
Wing Span
Airfoil
Script
30. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Infomercial
Yaw
Stability
High hypersonic
31. The distance from wing tip to wing tip of a wing planform.
Wing Span
Pitch
Aspect Ratio
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
32. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Dynamic Stability
Wing Planform
M
33. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Rudder
Supersonic
Leading Edge
Center of Gravity
34. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aeronautics
Cockpit
Boundary Layer
Airfoil
35. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Static Stability
Airship
Powerplant
Aeronautics
36. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Aileron
Hypersonic
Reynolds Number
Trailing Edge
37. 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
Lift
Vertical Axis...
Hypersonic
38. 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)
Seaplane
Airplane
Cockpit
39. Generates the lifting force that helps the airplane fly when air flows around it.
Rudder
Static Stability
Angle of Attack
Wing
40. Mach. A decimal number representing the true airspeed relationship to the local speed of sound.
M
Aeronautics
Jingle
Stall
41. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Angle of Attack
Elevator
Hot Air Balloon
Center of Gravity
42. 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
Drag
Infomercial
Drones
43. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Rudder
Wing Planform
Lift
Sailplane
44. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Slogan
Jingle
Angle of Attack
Cockpit
45. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Airfoil
Storyboard
Aeronautics
Launch
46. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Airship
Hypersonic
Lateral Axis...
Infomercial
47. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Powerplant
Stall
High hypersonic
Aerospace
48. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Wing Planform
Maneuverability
Slogan
Lapse Rate
49. 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.
Boundary Layer
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Horizontal Stabilizer
Space Shuttle
50. To set or thrust in motion.
Wing
Aerodynamics
Hot Air Balloon
Launch