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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 common reference point for the three axes of the aircraft.
Supersonic
Empennage
Jingle
Center of Gravity
2. A short - easily- remembered slogan - verse - or tune.
Jingle
Hot Air Balloon
Aeronautics
Aspect Ratio
3. Aircraft speeds under Mach 1.
Helicopter
Wing
Storyboard
Subsonic
4. The capability of an aircraft to respond to your flight inputs - especially with regard to attitude and flight path.
Aspect Ratio
Controllability
Jingle
Rudder
5. Aircraft speeds between Mach 1 and 5.
Drones
Lift
Aileron
Supersonic
6. A force caused by the gravitational attraction of the Earth.
Seaplane
Slogan
Weight
Lateral Axis...
7. The force that created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under the wing.
Angle of Attack
Lift
Aerospace Engineer
Dihedral
8. A short - memorable phrase used in advertising or associated with a political party or group.
Lateral Axis...
Slogan
Drag
Aeronautics
9. The written text of a play - film - or broadcast.
Drones
Script
Flaps
Airfoil
10. A reduction in the chord of a wing as measured from the root to the tip of the wing.
Boundary Layer
Taper
Dynamic Stability
Horizontal Stabilizer
11. 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.
Fuselage
High hypersonic
Aspect Ratio
Wash In/Wash Out
12. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
Weight
Aerospace
Aerodynamics
Glider
13. A rear horizontal stabilizer that controls up and down or pitching motion of the aircraft nose.
Maneuverability
Aeronautics
Subsonic
Elevator
14. 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.
Vertical Axis...
Rudder
Aerospace Engineer
Flaps
15. A straight line parallel to the length of the fuselage but that runs through the aircraft's center of gravity.
Longitudinal Axis...
Aspect Ratio
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Powerplant
16. A straight line through the center of gravity of the aircraft and at 90
Hypersonic
Airship
Aerodynamics
Vertical Axis...
17. Characteristic of the aircraft that permits you to maneuver it easily and allows it to withstand the stress resulting from the maneuver.
Maneuverability
Powerplant
Airship
Aerospace
18. Any surface - such as a wing - which provides aerodynamic force when it interacts with a moving stream of air.
Airship
Subsonic
High hypersonic
Airfoil
19. A vehicle - missile - or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
Fuselage
Rocket
Maneuverability
Aspect Ratio
20. The mounting of wings so that the wingtips and higher than the wingroot.
Dihedral
Slogan
Stall
Stability
21. A sequence of drawings representing the shots planned for a film or television production.
Launch
Horizontal Stabilizer
Powerplant
Storyboard
22. A type of aircraft deriving both lift and propulsion from one or two sets of horizontally revolving rotors.
Helicopter
Static Stability
Wing Planform
Aeronautics
23. An aircraft that is designed to fly without an engine.
Wing Span
Aileron
Glider
Helicopter
24. The outline shape of a wing when viewed from above.
Wing Planform
Aerospace
Hot Air Balloon
Dihedral
25. The ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces.
Taper
Reynolds Number
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
Flaps
26. Acts in the opposite direction of flight - opposes the forward- acting force of thrust - and limits the forward speed of the aircraft.
Vertical Axis...
Glider
Drag
Weight
27. A powered heavier- than - air aircraft with fixed wings from which the aircraft derives most of its lift.
Stability
Aerodynamics
Lateral Axis...
Airplane
28. 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.
Script
Horizontal Stabilizer
Stability
Airship
29. The movement about the vertical axis produced by the rudder and controlled by pedals.
Infomercial
Yaw
Aerospace
Center of Gravity
30. Houses the cabin - the cockpit and is a common attachment point for the other major components.
Glider
M
Lapse Rate
Fuselage
31. Design machines that fly.
Aerospace Engineer
Reynolds Number
Wing
Sailplane
32. The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air.
Leading Edge
Boundary Layer
Aerodynamics
Jingle
33. To set or thrust in motion.
Launch
Hypersonic
Yaw
Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle (UAV)
34. A thin layer of air next to the surface of an airfoil which shows a reduction in speed due to the air's viscosity.
Dynamic Stability
Boundary Layer
Aerodynamics
Glider
35. The angle formed by the wing chord line and the relative wind.
Dihedral
Hot Air Balloon
Slogan
Angle of Attack
36. An advertising film which promotes a product in an informative and supposedly objective style.
Wing Planform
Infomercial
Hypersonic
Boundary Layer
37. A rocket- launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft - used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
Aerospace
Script
Vertical Axis...
Space Shuttle
38. A power- driven aircraft kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium) which is lighter than air.
Cockpit
Launch
Airship
Trailing Edge
39. The tail assembly of an aircraft - including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers - elevators and rudder.
Thrust
Empennage
Script
Glider
40. Hinged main surface part that help control banking for a turn
Dihedral
Lapse Rate
Aileron
Launch
41. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot - copilot - and sometimes passengers.
Wing
Cockpit
Stall
Helicopter
42. Forward- acting force which opposes drag and propels the aircraft through the air.
Leading Edge
Helicopter
Thrust
Pitch
43. The last point on an airfoil that interacts with the airflow around the wing.
Trailing Edge
Lateral Axis...
M
Wing
44. The rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude.
Lapse Rate
Aerospace
Trailing Edge
Center of Gravity
45. Forces and moments on the body caused by a disturbance tend initially to return the body toward its equilibrium position.
Supersonic
Longitudinal Axis...
Static Stability
Storyboard
46. Consists of both the engine and propeller in a small airplane.
Dynamic Stability
Powerplant
Helicopter
Wash In/Wash Out
47. A rear vertical stabilizer that controls side- to- side or yawing motion of the aircraft nose.
Storyboard
Controllability
Rudder
Hot Air Balloon
48. An aircraft with floats or skis instead of wheels - designed to land on and take off from water.
Stability
Glider
Script
Seaplane
49. The art and science of designing - building - and operating manned or unmanned space objects
Storyboard
Aeronautics
Dynamic Stability
Drag
50. Rolling motion about the longitudinal axis caused by ailerons deflecting in opposite directions and controlled by twisting the yoke.
Hot Air Balloon
Infomercial
Roll
Keel Effect