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SONIC BOOM!

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
LOOK AT THE AIRPLANE WHAT TERM BELOW BEST DESCRIBES ITS MACH VELOCITY (SPEED).
a)
Subsonic
b)
Hypotonic
c)
Transonic
d)
Hypercronic
2.
Mach 7 can be best described by which term below?
a)
Hipposonic
b)
Supersonic
c)
Transphonic
d)
Hypersonic
3.
Air density and pressure increases at the front tip of the aircraft in transonic flight, what visible phenomenon forms along the aircraft?
a)
Cumulus cloud
b)
Vapor cone
c)
P Factor 
4.
As air molecules get pushed together in transonic flight, what increases in front of the aircraft?
a)
Density and Pressure
b)
Weight and Mass
c)
Speed and Velocity
d)
Humidity and Temperature
5.
What is NOT a primary control surface on an airplane?
a)
Flaps
b)
Ailerons
c)
Rudder
d)
Elevator
6.
What is the risk when an airplane is operating with HIGH load factor?
a)
More speed needed
b)
More runway needed to take off
c)
Structural failure WILL occur if the airplane is maneuvered beyond VNE (velocity never exceed RED ZONE)
d)
The controls will go soft
7.
When lift equals weight load factor is equal to what?
a)
Load factor is lift divided by weight so when lift is equal to weight load factor is 1.
b)
Load as load factor increases stall speed increases but this is not the answer to this question. 
c)
I can guess this answer because thats how I got by in high school.
d)
Stall speed increases with weight; even though true, this is not the correct answer to this particular question.