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Aerospace Education is defined as: - ✔✔That branch of general education
concerned with communicating knowledge, skills and attitudes about
aerospace activities and the total impact of air and space vehicles upon
society.
CAP's authority to teach aerospace comes from public law 476 signed on... -
✔✔1 July, 1946
Who is the worlds leader in aerospace? - ✔✔USA
What is an Aircraft? - ✔✔Any type of machine that is capable of flying
through the air.
How are aircraft such as gliders and airplanes kept aloft? - ✔✔By the
aerodynamic forces on it's wings.
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,How are aircraft such as gliders and airplanes propelled? - ✔✔By propeller
or other means, such as jet or rocket.
The word aerospace is a combination of: - ✔✔aeronautics and space
Which gas makes up the greatest amount of the atmosphere? - ✔✔The
atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 19% Oxygen and 2% other gases
3 terms that describe speed in relation to sound: - ✔✔Supersonic, Subsonic
and Trans-sonic
What is an airfoil? - ✔✔Component, such as a wing, that is specifically
designed to produce lift, thrust or directional stability.
Define Drag. - ✔✔A force which retards the movement of an aircraft in
flight.
Forces in motion are... - ✔✔Dynamic
Can an airplane fly in no wind? - ✔✔Yes
When an airplane moves on the run way it creates its own wind, known
as... - ✔✔Relative wind
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, The line between the leading and trailing edges of an airfoil... - ✔✔A Chord
The myth of Daedulus and Icarus contains a key error, which is... - ✔✔As
Icarus flew higher the air would have gotten cooler.
What happened November 21, 1783? - ✔✔Pilatre d'Rozier and Francois
d'Arlandes made a historic 25-minute flight over Paris.
What was observed by Marco Polo in 1299 A.D. - ✔✔Chinese men attached
to kites being used as military observers.
The bird as been described as... - ✔✔a living flying machine.
The hot air balloon was invented by... - ✔✔Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier
The process of learning new words can be described two ways... -
✔✔Learning a new language/vocabulary
A birds feathers are similar to what on a plane? - ✔✔The propeller
What control surfaces do birds have? - ✔✔Their wing and tail feathers.
The way a bird flaps its wings is an example of which of Newton's Laws? -
✔✔The 3rd Law of Motion
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