Worksheetsmarine engineering and sailing
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which base unit is distance measured in?
Miles
Candela
Meters
Mole
What type of Engine is this ?
Gas turbine
Diesel Engine
Steam turbine
Nuclear plant
The two main types of Diesel engines are:
two times and four times
two strokes and four strokes
steam and gas
3 cycles and 6 cycles
Some parts of a Diesel engine are:
vanes, blades, boilers, piston
bedplate, propeller, rudder, crosshead
crankshaft, piston, connecting rod, valves
What propulsion system is this?
Z-drive
Inboard engine
Jet drive
Outboard engine
Is this a 'Paddle' or an 'Oar' being used?
Oar
Paddle
What propulsion system is this?
Sail-Drive
V-Drive
Direct-Drive
Z-Drive
Which of the following is the sail plan for a 'Ketch'
Is this an 'Oar' or a 'Paddle'?
Oar
Paddle
In most cases the nut material will be the same as the bolt?
True
False
Roughly, how many engineering materials are available to engineers today?
3,000
30,000
300,000
3,000,000
All engineering materials can be sorted into 4 main categories. What are these 4 main categories? Select all correct answers
Metals
Plastics
Ceramics
Composites
Polymers
Which sequence correctly represents the historical use of materials by humans?
Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites
Metals, Polymers, Composites, Ceramics
Ceramics, Metals, Polymers, Composites
Polymers, Ceramics, Metals, Composites
The heaviest materials are generally?
Composites
Polymers
Metals
Ceramics
The lightest materials are generally?
Composites
Polymers
Metals
Ceramics
Global consumption of steel is higher than all of the other metals put together.
True
False
The most abundant metal on Earth (including extracted and in it's crust) is?
Titanium
Aluminium
Copper
Iron
How many alloys of steel are there?
35,000
3,500
350
35
Steel is an alloy of?
Aluminium
Iron
Lead
Chromium
Brass is an alloy of?
Copper
Nickel
Iron
Tin
What is the name of the rope that controls the mainsail
mainrope
Mainsheet
A line
Rope1
What is tacking
Turning away from the wind
Turning into the wind
When do you gybe in sailing?
when sailing upwind
you don’t gybe
When sailing downwind
What is gybing
Turning into the wind
Turning away from the wind
When do you tac in sailing
You don’t tac
When sailing upwind
When sailing downwind
If you are on starboard do you have right of way
Yes
No
Where do you sit on a sailing boat?
On the same side as the sail
right At the very front of the boat
On the opposite side of the sail
What is it called when you are facing into the wind and stop moving ?
Close hauled
Head to wind
Broad reach
toe To wind
