Transportations

Question 1

Subway

Answer 1

Train that travels underground

Question 2

Elevated Train

Answer 2

Train that travels on rails build above the ground

Regular Train

Question 3

Keystone

Answer 3

Stone at the top of an arch bridge

Question 4

Truss Bridge

Answer 4

Bridge that uses a series of triangles to spread out the force

Question 5

Drawbridge

Answer 5

Bridge that splits and can be lifted up to allow traffic to pass beneath the bridge

Question 6

Magnetic Levitation Train

Maglev

Answer 6

Use of repelling magnets to move a train

Question 7

Combustion

Answer 7

A quick burning or explosion of fuel

Question 8

Intake Stroke

Answer 8

First stroke of an internal combustion engine that takes in fuel mixed with air

Question 9

Compression Stroke

Answer 9

Second stroke that compresses the air/fuel mixture

Question 10

Power Stroke

Answer 10

Third stroke that forces the piston down as the fuel explodes

Question 11

Exhaust Stroke

Answer 11

Fourth stroke that pushes out any unburned fuel and gases that resulted from the combustion

Question 12

Lubricant

Answer 12

Material that reduces friction

Question 13

Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Answer 13

A vehicle that does not use a petroleum product as fuel

Question 14

Thrust

Answer 14

Power needed to move an aircraft forward

Question 15

Turbine

Answer 15

Series of blades that turn when hot gases push against them

Question 16

Bernoulli’s Principle

Answer 16

As a fluid increases in velovity it decreases in pressure

Question 17

Airfoil

Answer 17

Shape whose top surface is rounded and thus longer than the bottem surface

Question 18

Lift

Answer 18

Upward force generated by air flowing faster over the top of a wing than under it

Question 19

Weight

Answer 19

Downward force generated by gravity

Question 20

Drag

Answer 20

Backward force generated by friction with air molecules

Question 21

Pitch

Answer 21

Movement of airplane up and down as it moves forwards

Question 22

Roll

Answer 22

Movement of airplane wings tipping side to side

Question 23

Yaw

Answer 23

An airplane turning right or left

Question 24

Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion

Answer 24

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Question 25

Propellant

Answer 25

Combination of rocket fuel and oxidizer in a rocket engine

Question 26

Oxidizer

Answer 26

Material that supplies oxygen for combustion

Question 27

Cryogenic Fuels

Answer 27

Fuel that is liquid only at extremely low temperatures under great pressure

Question 28

Hypergolic Fuels

Answer 28

Fuel composed of two chemicals that ignite when they come in contact with each other

Question 29

V-2 Rocket

Answer 29

Rocket designed by Germany for use in WWII

Question 30

Satellite

Answer 30

Anything in a regular orbit around the earth

Question 31

Space Probe

Answer 31

Scientific instrument sent to explore objects in space

Question 32

Drone

Answer 32

An aircraft that flies without a pilot

Question 33

Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle

UAV

Answer 33

Official term for a drone

Question 34

Unmanned Aircraft System

UAS

Answer 34

Official term for a drone and its control system

Question 35

Quadcopter

Answer 35

A drone that is similar to a helicopter but uses four rotor blades