Aerospace Engineering

A(n) ________is the shape of an airplane's wing.

• Flap

• Airfoil

• Yaw

• Pitch

___________ is the forward force that moves an aircraft through the air.

• Drag

• Lift

• Thrust

• Gravity

The more aerodynamic a plane is, the more efficiently it will fly.

• True

• False

Weight is opposed by lift.

• True

• False

What two variables are multiplied together to calculate weight?

• Mass and gravity

• Volume and height

• Mass and speed

• Acceleration and mass

Upward force acting on wings when air is moved downward.

• Drag

• Lift

• Pitch

Side-to-side movement of the nose and tail of the aircraft.

• Pitch

• Thrust

• Lift

• Yaw

The ______________________________ runs lengthwise down the rocket. The rockets tends to twist about this axis.

• lateral (pitch) axis

• vertical (yaw) axis

• longitudinal (roll) axis

The _____________________________runs top-to-bottom. On a rocket, yaw is very similar to pitch except that the nose moves side-to-side.

• longitudinal (roll) axis

• lateral (pitch) axis

• vertical (yaw) axis

The structure of the rocket typically consists of a ______________, body, frame, fins, and other components depending on how the rocket will be used.

• nose cone

• nose point

• nose cap