Technical Terms

Question 1

Aeronautics

Answer 1

the science or practice of travel through the air

Question 2

Aircraft

Answer 2

an airplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight

Question 3

Computer

Answer 3

an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program

Question 4

Hypersonic

Answer 4

relating to speeds of more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5)

Question 5

Mach

Answer 5

mach is used as a unit of measurement in stating the speed of a moving object in relation to the speed of sound. For example, if an aircraft is traveling at Mach 1, it is traveling at exactly the speed of sound

Question 6

Orbit

Answer 6

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution

Question 7

Sonic Boom

Answer 7

a loud explosive noise caused by the shock wave from an aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound

noun

Question 8

Supersonic

Answer 8

involving or denoting a speed greater than that of sound

adjective

Question 9

Trajectory

the path

Answer 9

the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces

noun

Question 10

Wind Tunnel

air stream

Answer 10

a tunnel-like apparatus for producing an airstream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings, or other solid objects in order to investigate flow or the effect of wind on the full-size object

noun