Civil Air Patrol Billy Mitchell Test Study Guide Aerospace
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1. combustion chamber an enclosed chamber in which fuel and air are burned for the
production of energy
2. cycle a recurring series of events: the airplane engine has four cycles;
intake, compression, power, and exhaust
3. lean mixture a mixture of gasoline in which there is more air than fuel
4. magneto an electrical generator tat produces power when rotated
5. meter/metering in terms of fuel this process of allowing amount of fuel to to pass
to the combustion chamber
6. powerplant the airplane's engine
7. reciprocating a type of engine that processes air and fuel by back and forth
motion of its internal parts
8. rich mixture a mixture in which there is more gasoline than air
9. stoichiometric fuel ratio 15 parts air to 1 part fuel
10. stroke the movement of the piston within the engine
11. ATC Air traffic control
12. controlled airport an airport with and operating control tower
13. uncontrolled airport an airport without an operating control tower
14. cartography the science of making maps
15. latitude run parallel to the equator
16. Nautical Mile 6076 feet
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17. WAC World Aeronautical Chart
18. Ionosphere a region in the upper atmosphere where electrons are gained or
lost making ions
19. lapse rate 3.5 F or 2 C for every 1000 feet traveled upward in the atmosphere
20. ozonosphere the region in the atmosphere where ozone is created
21. troposphere the lowest region in the atmosphere ends about 4 miles up
22. tropopause the region that provides a boundary between the troposphere and
stratosphere
23. stratosphere the middle region of the atmosphere starts at about 4 miles and
ends at 30
24. mesosphere The next region in the atmosphere starts at 30 miles and ends at
50 miles
25. Thermosphere The last layer of the atmosphere starts at 50 miles and ends at 350
miles, is also the hottest with temperatures varying from 1,380 F to
2280 F depending on solar activity
26. Advection lateral transfer of heat
27. convection vertical transfer of heat
28. conduction heat transfer by direct conduct
29. radiation heat transfer by light or the sun
30. atmospheric pressure the weight of the molecules of the surface on the earth
31. heat the total energy of all the molecules in a substance
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1. combustion chamber an enclosed chamber in which fuel and air are burned for the
production of energy
2. cycle a recurring series of events: the airplane engine has four cycles;
intake, compression, power, and exhaust
3. lean mixture a mixture of gasoline in which there is more air than fuel
4. magneto an electrical generator tat produces power when rotated
5. meter/metering in terms of fuel this process of allowing amount of fuel to to pass
to the combustion chamber
6. powerplant the airplane's engine
7. reciprocating a type of engine that processes air and fuel by back and forth
motion of its internal parts
8. rich mixture a mixture in which there is more gasoline than air
9. stoichiometric fuel ratio 15 parts air to 1 part fuel
10. stroke the movement of the piston within the engine
11. ATC Air traffic control
12. controlled airport an airport with and operating control tower
13. uncontrolled airport an airport without an operating control tower
14. cartography the science of making maps
15. latitude run parallel to the equator
16. Nautical Mile 6076 feet
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, Civil Air Patrol Billy Mitchell Test Study Guide Aerospace
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_4nc8jx
17. WAC World Aeronautical Chart
18. Ionosphere a region in the upper atmosphere where electrons are gained or
lost making ions
19. lapse rate 3.5 F or 2 C for every 1000 feet traveled upward in the atmosphere
20. ozonosphere the region in the atmosphere where ozone is created
21. troposphere the lowest region in the atmosphere ends about 4 miles up
22. tropopause the region that provides a boundary between the troposphere and
stratosphere
23. stratosphere the middle region of the atmosphere starts at about 4 miles and
ends at 30
24. mesosphere The next region in the atmosphere starts at 30 miles and ends at
50 miles
25. Thermosphere The last layer of the atmosphere starts at 50 miles and ends at 350
miles, is also the hottest with temperatures varying from 1,380 F to
2280 F depending on solar activity
26. Advection lateral transfer of heat
27. convection vertical transfer of heat
28. conduction heat transfer by direct conduct
29. radiation heat transfer by light or the sun
30. atmospheric pressure the weight of the molecules of the surface on the earth
31. heat the total energy of all the molecules in a substance
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