Civil Air Patrol Mitchell Aerospace Exam questions with
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Aero ✔✔pertaining to air
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How many volts is the typical aircraft engine? ✔✔14-28 Volts
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What was the first propellant for airplanes? ✔✔Kerosene and Gasoline
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What is NASA's primary goal? ✔✔Expand human knowledge through new scientific
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discoveries.
How far away is the moon? ✔✔240,000 miles
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Aerodynamics ✔✔relating to the forces of air in motion || || || || || || || ||
Aeronautics ✔✔the science of flight within the atmosphere
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Aerospace ✔✔a combination of aeronautics and space
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Air (percentages) ✔✔A mixture of gases that contains approximately 78% nitrogen 21%
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oxygen and 1% other gases
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Aircraft ✔✔any machine that is capable of flying through the air; included are ultralights,
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airplanes, gliders, balloons, helicopters, hangliders, and parasails
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,Airfoil ✔✔a component that is specifically designed to produce lift, thrust or directional
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stability
Altitude ✔✔height above sea level or ground level expressed in units
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Aviation ✔✔The art, science, and technology of flight within the atmosphere
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Camber ✔✔the curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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Chord ✔✔a line drawn through an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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Downwash ✔✔the downward movement of air behind a wing in flight
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Drag ✔✔a force which slows the forward movement of an aircraft in flight
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Dynamic ✔✔Forces in motion || || ||
Leading edge ✔✔The front of a wing or airfoil
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Lift ✔✔the upward force that opposes gravity and supports the weight of an aircraft
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Relative wind ✔✔the flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane
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Aircraft Thrust ✔✔The force that moves an aircraft forward in flight
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Upwash ✔✔the upward movement of air ahead of the wing in flight
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, Vortex ✔✔a spinning column of air that is created behind the wingtip as a result of air
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moving from an area of high pressure on the bottom to an area of low pressure on top
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Wind ✔✔Air in motion
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Daniel Bernoulli ✔✔Found that the pressure of a fluid, like air, drops when its accelerated.
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Newton's 1st Law ✔✔An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion
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with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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Newton's 2nd Law ✔✔A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of
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the force. Acceleration is directly proportional to the force and the inversely proportional to
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the mass of the body being accelerated
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Newton's 3rd Law ✔✔For every action there is an opposite an equal reaction
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Theory of transit time ✔✔When the molecules of oncoming air split at the front of the
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wing, they traveled over and under this airfoil and met at the back of the wing at exactly the
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same time.
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Vertical axis ✔✔Up and down axis
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Lateral axis ✔✔Side to side axis
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Longitudinal axis ✔✔Front to back axis || || || || ||
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verified detailed solutions || ||
Aero ✔✔pertaining to air
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How many volts is the typical aircraft engine? ✔✔14-28 Volts
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What was the first propellant for airplanes? ✔✔Kerosene and Gasoline
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What is NASA's primary goal? ✔✔Expand human knowledge through new scientific
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discoveries.
How far away is the moon? ✔✔240,000 miles
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Aerodynamics ✔✔relating to the forces of air in motion || || || || || || || ||
Aeronautics ✔✔the science of flight within the atmosphere
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Aerospace ✔✔a combination of aeronautics and space
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Air (percentages) ✔✔A mixture of gases that contains approximately 78% nitrogen 21%
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oxygen and 1% other gases
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Aircraft ✔✔any machine that is capable of flying through the air; included are ultralights,
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airplanes, gliders, balloons, helicopters, hangliders, and parasails
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,Airfoil ✔✔a component that is specifically designed to produce lift, thrust or directional
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stability
Altitude ✔✔height above sea level or ground level expressed in units
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Aviation ✔✔The art, science, and technology of flight within the atmosphere
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Camber ✔✔the curved part of an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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Chord ✔✔a line drawn through an airfoil from its leading to trailing edge
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Downwash ✔✔the downward movement of air behind a wing in flight
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Drag ✔✔a force which slows the forward movement of an aircraft in flight
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Dynamic ✔✔Forces in motion || || ||
Leading edge ✔✔The front of a wing or airfoil
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Lift ✔✔the upward force that opposes gravity and supports the weight of an aircraft
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Relative wind ✔✔the flow of air which moves opposite the flight path of an airplane
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Aircraft Thrust ✔✔The force that moves an aircraft forward in flight
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Upwash ✔✔the upward movement of air ahead of the wing in flight
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, Vortex ✔✔a spinning column of air that is created behind the wingtip as a result of air
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moving from an area of high pressure on the bottom to an area of low pressure on top
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Wind ✔✔Air in motion
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Daniel Bernoulli ✔✔Found that the pressure of a fluid, like air, drops when its accelerated.
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Newton's 1st Law ✔✔An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion
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with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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Newton's 2nd Law ✔✔A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of
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the force. Acceleration is directly proportional to the force and the inversely proportional to
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the mass of the body being accelerated
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Newton's 3rd Law ✔✔For every action there is an opposite an equal reaction
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Theory of transit time ✔✔When the molecules of oncoming air split at the front of the
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wing, they traveled over and under this airfoil and met at the back of the wing at exactly the
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same time.
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Vertical axis ✔✔Up and down axis
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Lateral axis ✔✔Side to side axis
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Longitudinal axis ✔✔Front to back axis || || || || ||
