CIVIL AIR PATROL- WRIGHT
BROTHERS- ACHIEVEMENT 4
LEADERSHIP EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Fowler Flaps cause... - Answer-wing area to be decreased and camber to be
increased
spoilers - Answer-devices located on the wings that disrupt the airflow over the wing
causing loss of lift
used by glider pilots to execute a landing - Answer-spoilers
buoyancy - Answer-to rise or float on the surface of water or within the atmosphere
gore - Answer-one of several vertical panels that make up the envelope
Montgolfier - Answer-the name of the two French brothers who created the first
successful, manned, hot air balloon in 1783
Hydrogen will lift approximately how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Answer-
60lbs
For rapid descent, a balloon pilot pulls down on the... - Answer-parachute pull cord
hot air will lift how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Answer-17-20 pounds
Roger Bacon - Answer-increased the range of rockets
Wernher von Braun - Answer-director of the V-2 rocket project
William Congreve - Answer-designed rockets for military use
Jean Froissart - Answer-improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them
through tubes
Yuri Gagarin - Answer-first man in space
John Glenn - Answer-first American to orbit the Earth
Robert Goddard - Answer-Father of Modern Rocketry
William Hale - Answer-Developed spin stabilization
Hero - Answer-developed the first rocket engine
, Sergei Korolev - Answer-the leading Soviet rocket scientist
Alan Shepard - Answer-first American in space
Sputnik I - Answer-first artificial satellite
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Answer-proposed the use of rockets for space exploration
autumnal (fall) equinox - Answer-when the sun's direct rays strike the equator
resulting in day and night of equal length, usually on Sep 22 or 23
summer solstice - Answer-when the sun is at its northernmost point from the equator
in the northern hemisphere, the day is the longest
vernal (spring) equinox - Answer-when the sun's direct rays strike the equator
resulting in day and night of equal length
winter solstice - Answer-when the sun is the farthest south of the equator and the
northern hemisphere the day is the shortest
How much radiation from the sun is absorbed by the earth's surface? - Answer-
approx. 50%
Beaufort Scale - Answer-a scale used for estimating wind speed on land or sea
aneroid barograph - Answer-gives a permanent record of pressure readings
cA - Answer-continental arctic;
cP - Answer-continental polar
cT - Answer-continental tropical
mT - Answer-maritime tropical
mP - Answer-maritime polar
mE - Answer-maritime equatorial
In a hurricane, winds that are greater than 155mph cause the hurricane to be
classified as a category... - Answer-5
satellite - Answer-natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth
orbit - Answer-the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
apogee - Answer-the highest point of an orbit
perigee - Answer-the lowest point of an orbit
BROTHERS- ACHIEVEMENT 4
LEADERSHIP EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Fowler Flaps cause... - Answer-wing area to be decreased and camber to be
increased
spoilers - Answer-devices located on the wings that disrupt the airflow over the wing
causing loss of lift
used by glider pilots to execute a landing - Answer-spoilers
buoyancy - Answer-to rise or float on the surface of water or within the atmosphere
gore - Answer-one of several vertical panels that make up the envelope
Montgolfier - Answer-the name of the two French brothers who created the first
successful, manned, hot air balloon in 1783
Hydrogen will lift approximately how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Answer-
60lbs
For rapid descent, a balloon pilot pulls down on the... - Answer-parachute pull cord
hot air will lift how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Answer-17-20 pounds
Roger Bacon - Answer-increased the range of rockets
Wernher von Braun - Answer-director of the V-2 rocket project
William Congreve - Answer-designed rockets for military use
Jean Froissart - Answer-improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them
through tubes
Yuri Gagarin - Answer-first man in space
John Glenn - Answer-first American to orbit the Earth
Robert Goddard - Answer-Father of Modern Rocketry
William Hale - Answer-Developed spin stabilization
Hero - Answer-developed the first rocket engine
, Sergei Korolev - Answer-the leading Soviet rocket scientist
Alan Shepard - Answer-first American in space
Sputnik I - Answer-first artificial satellite
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky - Answer-proposed the use of rockets for space exploration
autumnal (fall) equinox - Answer-when the sun's direct rays strike the equator
resulting in day and night of equal length, usually on Sep 22 or 23
summer solstice - Answer-when the sun is at its northernmost point from the equator
in the northern hemisphere, the day is the longest
vernal (spring) equinox - Answer-when the sun's direct rays strike the equator
resulting in day and night of equal length
winter solstice - Answer-when the sun is the farthest south of the equator and the
northern hemisphere the day is the shortest
How much radiation from the sun is absorbed by the earth's surface? - Answer-
approx. 50%
Beaufort Scale - Answer-a scale used for estimating wind speed on land or sea
aneroid barograph - Answer-gives a permanent record of pressure readings
cA - Answer-continental arctic;
cP - Answer-continental polar
cT - Answer-continental tropical
mT - Answer-maritime tropical
mP - Answer-maritime polar
mE - Answer-maritime equatorial
In a hurricane, winds that are greater than 155mph cause the hurricane to be
classified as a category... - Answer-5
satellite - Answer-natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth
orbit - Answer-the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
apogee - Answer-the highest point of an orbit
perigee - Answer-the lowest point of an orbit
