Unit 4.1 Key Terms Quiz

Study or practice of travel through air

• Astronautics

• Aeronautics

• Aerospace Engineers

Branch of technology focused on air and space flight

• Aerospace

• Aeronautics

• Astronautics

Power-driven aircraft filled with lighter-than-air-gas

• Airplane

• Airship

• Hot Air Balloon

Science of designing manned or unmanned space technology

• Astronautics

• Aerospace

• Aerodynamics

Unmanned aircraft often used by the military

• Rocket

• Drone

• Airplane

A powered flight vehicle with no human operator

• Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle

• Seaplane

• Space Shuttle

Spacecraft that can take off like a rocket and land like a glider

• Airship

• Sailplane

• Space Shuttle

Powered aircraft with fixed wings

• Sailplane

• Airplane

• Airship

They design technology for air and space flight

• Aerospace Engineers

• Aeronautics

• Astronautics

A flying vehicle that is powered by the ejection of fast moving exhaust

• Rocket

• Hot Air Balloon

• Drone