Flight and Space Glossary 1.3

What is the term for the following definition? An engineer who designs and builds aircraft and spacecraft.

• aerospace engineer

• civil engineer

• chemical engineer

• software engineer

What is the term for the following definition? The part on an airplane that raises and lowers the wings, causing the aircraft to roll.

• aileron

• rudder

• elevator

• flap

What is the term for the following definition? A streamlined surface designed in such a way that air flowing around it produces useful motion. The cross-section of an airplane wing is an airfoil.

• airfoil

• fuselage

• rudder

• cockpit

What is the term for the following definition? The curvature of the airfoil.

• camber

• chord

• span

• angle of attack

What is the term for the following definition? The hinged part of the stabilizer on an aircraft that is used to deflect the tail of the plane up and down.

• elevator (aircraft)

• aileron

• rudder

• flap

What is the term for the following definition? The main body of an aircraft.

• fuselage

• cockpit

• rudder

• aileron

What is the term for the following definition? To draw conclusions from evidence or reasoning.

• infer

• predict

• describe

• observe

What is the term for the following definition? A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.

• pilot

• mechanic

• attendant

• navigator

What is the term for the following definition? The up or down motion of the nose of the aircraft.

• pitch (aircraft)

• yaw (aircraft)

• roll (aircraft)

• thrust (aircraft)

What is the term for the following definition? Up and down motion of the wings of the aircraft.

• roll

• yaw

• pitch

• thrust