Aircraft Design MCQ
1. A pilot that is specially trained to test aircraft is called what?
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Test pilot
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2. What is a test pilot specially trained to do?
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Test aircraft
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3. How long after takeoff does an airplane begin flying?
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Enough lift
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4. Pilots deploy what when they land so that the airplane is no longer "lifted"?
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5. What distance away from the friend would you have to be to hear what they say?
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A distance
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6. The speed of sound is the speed at which what travels?
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Sound waves
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7. In what kind of vehicle is a skid used?
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8. What is a runner used as part of the landing gear called?
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9. What do pilots in flight simulators see, hear and feel like they are in?
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Real aircraft
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10. What are the six steps of the scientific method?
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State the problem, create a hypothesis, design an experiment, perform the experiment, organize and analyze the data, draw conclusions
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11. How many steps are there in the scientific method?
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12. Pitch, roll, and yaw are examples of which three basic motions?
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Rotational motion
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13. Pitch, roll and yaw are the rotational motions of an airplane around what other axes?
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Lateral, longitudinal and vertical
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14. Pitch, roll and yaw are the rotational motions of an airplane around what three axes?
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The lateral, longitudinal and vertical axes
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15. What does raising the aileron on the left wing do?
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Roll to the left
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16. What direction will the aircraft turn around its axis?
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Longitudinal
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17. A rotational motion in which the aircraft turns around its?
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Longitudinal axis
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18. What kind of aircraft are placed into these categories?
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The regimes of flight are subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic.
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19. The speed regimes of flight are known as what?
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Subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic
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20. What type of investigation is the term "research" used to describe?
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A carefully planned and performed
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21. What is an example of an investigation that is carefully planned and performed?
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A carefully planned and performed investigation, searching for previously unknown facts
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22. What does "research" mean?
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Investigation, searching for previously unknown facts
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23. What does reconnaissance mean in aviation?
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To fly over and look closely at an area below
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24. What is the act of flying over an area to gather information about it called?
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Reconnaissance
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25. What can be controlled to change the amount of thrust?
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The speed of the propellers
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26. How can an engine change the amount of thrust that is created by the propellers?
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By changing the speed of the propellers
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27. What can an engine control by changing the speed of the propellers?
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The amount of thrust
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28. What type of molecule might be pressing against a surface?
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Air pressure
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29. What does "air pressure" refer to?
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Air molecules pressing against a surface like the bottom of a wing
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30. What does the pilot use to lower the elevators?
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Pushing forward on the control stick
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31. What would you call a rotational motion in which an airplane turns around its lateral axis?
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32. What is an example of something that can be a pilot?
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33. What makes an aircraft fly?
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34. What does the payload include?
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Passengers and cargo
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35. What is the term for the load carried by an aircraft?
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36. What is the opposing force that is pulling the aircraft in the opposite direction?
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37. What force would be opposing the weight force if the aircraft were flying straight and level?
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38. What name did NACA have after 1958?
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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39. When did the name of the agency change from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
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40. Most aircraft built today have only one set of?
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41. What are most modern aircraft classified as?
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Monoplanes
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42. How many hydrogen atoms are in one molecule of water?
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43. What are the wind tunnel engineers creating when they create a model of an aircraft?
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A precise replica of the outside of an aircraft
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44. What does a model of an aircraft include?
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The outside
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45. What do wind tunnel engineers create models of?
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46. What is an example of an aircraft that is only flown by the military?
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The Air Force YF-23
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47. What is an example of an aircraft that is flown only by the military?
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Air Force YF-23
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48. What is the axis of motion around which the concept of roll is based?
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Longitudinal
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49. What is the axis along which roll occurs?
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Longitudinal axis
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50. What is a motion around the longitudinal axis called?
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51. What is the weight force that an airplane is designed to oppose?
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52. The front edge of an airfoil is what shape?
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Rounded and thicker than the trailing edge
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53. The front edge of an airfoil is called what?
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Leading edge
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54. Pitch is a motion around what axis?
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The lateral axis
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55. What can the landing gear be retracted into?
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56. What can be used to reduce drag?
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Landing gear
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57. What does an undercarriage reduce?
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58. The jet engine creates a high-velocity air jet to propel what?
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The engine forward
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59. What kind of engine works by creating a high-velocity jet of air?
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Jet engine
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60. What are the purpose of the instruments?
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To observe, measure and control
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61. What is the definition of hypothesis?
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A prediction which needs to be tested to tell if it is correct
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62. What kind of prediction needs to be tested?
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Hypothesis
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63. What is the name of the reusable launch vehicle?
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64. How fast will the Hyper-X be while in the atmosphere?
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Hypersonic
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65. What does the horizontal stabilizer help increase?
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Stability
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66. What is the horizontal stabilizer also known as?
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Tailplane
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67. What are we usually encounterned with when we encounter gravity?
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68. What does gravity pull an object toward?
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69. What does the "public" term mean?
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The operation of aircraft that belong to the public
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70. What does the operation of aircraft belong to?
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The public
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71. How are flight tests used to investigate an aircraft's capabilities?
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To investigate how fast, how far and how high an aircraft can go
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72. To investigate how an aircraft handles and performs, what is used as a type of flight test?
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Flight tests
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73. What is a tool of aeronautics that uses a flight simulator on the ground?
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Flight simulation
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74. What does the pilot do when landing with the flaps extended?
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Increasing the camber of the wing
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75. What does the flaps change the shape of?
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76. What are flaps used to increase at slower air speeds?
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77. What part of the tail is called a fin?
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Another word for the vertical portion
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78. What word is used to describe the horizontal portion of the tail?
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79. What department is responsible for the Federal Aviation Administration?
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Department of Transportation
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80. What organization is in charge of aviation in the United States?
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Federal Aviation Administration
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81. What type of engineer designs an experiment to test a new design?
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Flight simulation engineer
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82. What is the term for a set of controlled procedures designed to test an idea or hypothesis?
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Experiment
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83. What type of device might an engineer build that would be an example of electrical engineering?
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Mechanical or electrical devices
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84. What is someone who designs and builds mechanical or electrical devices known as?
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85. What do planes with propellers use to provide forward thrust?
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86. What do jet engines do?
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Provide the thrust force that pushes the airplane through the air
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87. In an airplane, what do engines often drive?
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Propellers
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88. What is the term for the parts of an airplane located at the tail end?
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Empennage
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89. What is the purpose of the horizontal tail elevators?
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To make the airplane pitch
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90. Elevators on the horizontal part of the tail are used to make what control?
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91. What does the control stick do when someone pulls back on it?
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Raise the elevators
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92. What causes drag on an airplane?
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Air molecules
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93. How far from the fuselage is the connection point of the wings?
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Dihedral angle
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94. The dihedral angle is formed where the wings connect to the what?
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95. What is the name of the type of sweepback wing?
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Delta wing
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96. What is the altitude at which a delta wing can fly at twice the speed of sound?
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70,000 feet
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97. What do you do when you come into land?
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Decelerate
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98. When an airplane comes in to land, it decelerates and rolls to a what?
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99. When an airplane comes in to land, it decelerates and what?
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Rolls to a stop
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100. What does the term data refer to?
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Information that is collected from an experiment
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101. What can be used for a reference when seeking out more information about the cockpit?
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Cockpit A compartment in the front of the airplane
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102. What is a compartment in the front of an airplane used for?
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Flying the aircraft
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103. What is the front compartment of an airplane?
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104. What is a chord?
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Line from the front of an airfoil
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105. What is the name of the line from the front of an airfoil?
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Leading edge
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106. What is the point in an object called where the force of gravity is a single force?
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Center of gravity
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107. What do engineers often treat the force of gravity on all parts of an object as?
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A single force
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108. Where are small horizontal surfaces mounted on an aircraft?
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109. What is the name of the configuration of small horizontal surfaces near the front of an aircraft?
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A tail configuration
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110. What kind of curve is an airfoil's camber?
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The curve of an airfoil
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111. The curve of an airfoil is called what?
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112. What type of aircraft has two sets of wings?
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113. A biplane has what?
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Two sets of wings
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114. What does Bernoulli's Principle explain?
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That the faster molecules within a fluid move
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115. Which principle do molecules within a fluid experience a greater pressure as they move faster?
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Bernoulli's Principle
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116. What was Bernoulli's favorite subject in school?
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Mathematics and mechanics
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117. In what country was Daniel Bernoulli born?
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Netherlands
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118. When did Bernoulli die?
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March 17, 1782
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119. What is another word for the amount of force needed to keep a person from moving?
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120. What two people must exert equal force on a rope to balance it?
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121. If you and a friend pull on a rope in the same direction with equal force, who will likely move?
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Neither of you
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122. What is the third type of aviation?
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123. What is one of the three types of aviation?
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124. Which is the operation of aircraft?
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125. What must be taken apart to be analyzed?
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Something
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126. What is the height of an object above the earth's surface?
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127. What does air pressure create?
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The force created by air pushing on a surface
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128. The force created by air pushing on a surface is known as?
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Air pressure
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129. What are airfoils designed to do?
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Produce lift
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130. What shape is an airfoil?
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131. What is the cross-section of a wing called?
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132. What is an example of an airfoil?
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133. What type of motion is the air flow?
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The motion of air molecules as they flow around an object
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134. What is the motion of air molecules in a wind?
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135. What are blimps?
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Airplanes, helicopters, blimps and jets are all aircraft
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136. Control surfaces on the trailing edge of each wing are used to make the aircraft what?
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137. What is the name of the control surface on the trailing edge of each wing that make the aircraft roll?
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138. What is the field of aerodynamics?
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A field of fluid dynamics
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139. What is a field of fluid dynamics that studies how gases, including air, flow?
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Aerodynamics
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140. What is a synonym for accelerate?
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141. What does "accelerate" mean when used in reference to an airplane?
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To speed up
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142. What is the word for speed up?
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Accelerate
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