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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 relationship between the length and width of a wing.
Wing
Infomercial
Lateral Axis...
Aspect Ratio
2. Aircraft speeds between Mach 10 and 25.
Taper
Aspect Ratio
Script
High hypersonic
3. The study or practice of travel through the air.
Rocket
Aeronautics
Airship
Lateral Axis...
4. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Glider
Supersonic
Airfoil
Helicopter
5. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Airplane
Helicopter
Angle of Attack
Flaps
6. Motion around the lateral axis caused by deflection in the elevator controlled by moving the yoke forward and aft.
Empennage
Pitch
Stability
Horizontal Stabilizer
7. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Hypersonic
Script
Wing Span
Aerodynamics
8. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Glider
Elevator
Rocket
9. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
High hypersonic
Wing
Angle of Attack
10. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Elevator
Subsonic
Storyboard
Seaplane
11. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Airfoil
Weight
Powerplant
Lateral Axis...
12. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Aeronautics
Infomercial
Cockpit
Lift
13. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Airship
Weight
Seaplane
Roll
14. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Script
Airfoil
Boundary Layer
Helicopter
15. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Rocket
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Aerodynamics
Trailing Edge
16. The horizontal line that passes through the center of gravity of the aircraft - perpendicular to its flight path.
Supersonic
Stability
Airfoil
Lateral Axis...
17. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Static Stability
Fuselage
Hot Air Balloon
Aileron
18. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Drag
Thrust
Subsonic
High hypersonic
19. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Drag
Jingle
Elevator
High hypersonic
20. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Airplane
Fuselage
Glider
Hypersonic
21. Design machines that fly.
Aerospace Engineer
Stability
Leading Edge
Lateral Axis...
22. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Aerospace
Supersonic
Dihedral
Slogan
23. 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
Stability
Dihedral
Airfoil
24. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Elevator
Angle of Attack
Subsonic
Aerospace
25. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Lapse Rate
Roll
Lift
Fuselage
26. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Dynamic Stability
Fuselage
Aerospace Engineer
Slogan
27. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Horizontal Stabilizer
Launch
Flaps
Slogan
28. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Powerplant
Launch
Elevator
Thrust
29. Out of its own accord - an aircraft eventually returns to and remains at its equilibrium position over a period of time.
Dynamic Stability
Infomercial
Launch
Roll
30. Aircraft speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
Drones
Airplane
Hypersonic
Helicopter
31. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Launch
Subsonic
Powerplant
Reynolds Number
32. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Stability
Reynolds Number
Glider
Jingle
33. 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
Storyboard
Drones
Glider
34. The part of the airfoil that meets the airflow first.
Hypersonic
Center of Gravity
Leading Edge
Flaps
35. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Reynolds Number
Supersonic
Cockpit
Drones
36. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Controllability
Wing Span
Wing
Aerospace Engineer
37. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Subsonic
Cockpit
Lapse Rate
Seaplane
38. The flat surfaces located behind the center of gravity tend to weathervane with the wind.
Infomercial
Aileron
Keel Effect
Supersonic
39. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Powerplant
Infomercial
Jingle
Sailplane
40. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Thrust
Aspect Ratio
Airship
Longitudinal Axis...
41. 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.
Leading Edge
Horizontal Stabilizer
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Weight
42. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Rocket
Weight
Script
Dihedral
43. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Elevator
Space Shuttle
Slogan
44. Caused by the separation of airflow from the wing's upper surface resulting in a rapid decrease in lift.
Stall
Wing Span
Thrust
Aerospace Engineer
45. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Aeronautics
Taper
Vertical Axis...
Airplane
46. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Dihedral
Supersonic
Aeronautics
Drag
47. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Aerospace Engineer
Boundary Layer
Keel Effect
Lateral Axis...
48. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Angle of Attack
Lift
Helicopter
Subsonic
49. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Hot Air Balloon
Yaw
Controllability
Hypersonic
50. The common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
M
Pitch
Stability
Center of Gravity