Spaatz Aerospace Questions and
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What kind of technology allows a pilot to read instruments without looking down?
✔✔ Heads-up display
What is the key difference between helicopters and airplanes?
✔✔ Helicopters use rotating blades for lift
What is used to steer a hot air balloon?
✔✔ Wind direction at different altitudes
What is the term for a continuous path through which electricity flows in an aircraft system?
✔✔ Circuit
What is the main purpose of an aircraft transponder?
✔✔ To transmit identification to radar
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,What altitude does low Earth orbit (LEO) typically range up to?
✔✔ About 2,000 kilometers
What does a barometer measure in aviation and meteorology?
✔✔ Atmospheric pressure
What part of the space shuttle returns to Earth and lands like an airplane?
✔✔ Orbiter
What term refers to the difference between true north and magnetic north?
✔✔ Magnetic variation
What is a ramjet engine designed to do?
✔✔ Operate efficiently at high supersonic speeds
What effect explains why a spinning gyroscope resists changes to its axis?
✔✔ Rigidity in space
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,What is the purpose of a pressurized cabin in high-altitude aircraft?
✔✔ To maintain safe oxygen levels for passengers and crew
What is the term for the path a missile or rocket follows after its engines shut off?
✔✔ Ballistic trajectory
What phenomenon can cause loss of radio communication during reentry?
✔✔ Plasma blackout
What force allows an aircraft to stay in the air by counteracting gravity?
✔✔ Lift
What is the name of the force that resists the forward motion of an aircraft through the air?
✔✔ Drag
What is the main purpose of an aircraft’s rudder?
✔✔ To control yaw
3
, What is the movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis called?
✔✔ Roll
What part of the aircraft controls pitch?
✔✔ Elevator
What is the term for the curved upper surface of an airfoil that helps generate lift?
✔✔ Camber
What is the invisible boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space commonly referred to as?
✔✔ Kármán line
What is the name of the first artificial satellite ever launched into Earth orbit?
✔✔ Sputnik
What was the first successful powered flight by the Wright brothers?
✔✔ 1903
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Answers Latest Version Already Passed
What kind of technology allows a pilot to read instruments without looking down?
✔✔ Heads-up display
What is the key difference between helicopters and airplanes?
✔✔ Helicopters use rotating blades for lift
What is used to steer a hot air balloon?
✔✔ Wind direction at different altitudes
What is the term for a continuous path through which electricity flows in an aircraft system?
✔✔ Circuit
What is the main purpose of an aircraft transponder?
✔✔ To transmit identification to radar
1
,What altitude does low Earth orbit (LEO) typically range up to?
✔✔ About 2,000 kilometers
What does a barometer measure in aviation and meteorology?
✔✔ Atmospheric pressure
What part of the space shuttle returns to Earth and lands like an airplane?
✔✔ Orbiter
What term refers to the difference between true north and magnetic north?
✔✔ Magnetic variation
What is a ramjet engine designed to do?
✔✔ Operate efficiently at high supersonic speeds
What effect explains why a spinning gyroscope resists changes to its axis?
✔✔ Rigidity in space
2
,What is the purpose of a pressurized cabin in high-altitude aircraft?
✔✔ To maintain safe oxygen levels for passengers and crew
What is the term for the path a missile or rocket follows after its engines shut off?
✔✔ Ballistic trajectory
What phenomenon can cause loss of radio communication during reentry?
✔✔ Plasma blackout
What force allows an aircraft to stay in the air by counteracting gravity?
✔✔ Lift
What is the name of the force that resists the forward motion of an aircraft through the air?
✔✔ Drag
What is the main purpose of an aircraft’s rudder?
✔✔ To control yaw
3
, What is the movement of an aircraft around its longitudinal axis called?
✔✔ Roll
What part of the aircraft controls pitch?
✔✔ Elevator
What is the term for the curved upper surface of an airfoil that helps generate lift?
✔✔ Camber
What is the invisible boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space commonly referred to as?
✔✔ Kármán line
What is the name of the first artificial satellite ever launched into Earth orbit?
✔✔ Sputnik
What was the first successful powered flight by the Wright brothers?
✔✔ 1903
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