Physics Intro
Aviation Careers
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Forces
Kinematics
100
Temperature, Mass, Time, and Speed are all this type of measurement
What are scalars?
100
Companies such as NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Airbus are looking to hire these type of workers
What are Aircraft Engineer/Designer?
100
This is the vector that is a straight line between two points
What is Displacement?
100
Oil/water can be used to reduce this type of force
What is friction?
100
The vector that describes the change in speed in a given amount of time.
What is acceleration?
200
The equation for a line on a time-distance graph is y=20x. What is the velocity (in standard units)?
What is 20m/s?
200
These workers deny any people who are banned from the country from flying
Who are TSA Agents?
200
One side of a teeter-totter has a box weighing 10kgs. If a box on the other side weighs 1kg on its own along with a 7kg mass inside of it, how much more mass should be added to the box for the teeter-totter to be balanced?
What is 2kgs?
200
An object needs to have ____ speed for all the forces to be equal
What is constant?
200
A car is moving at a constant speed of 20m/s which then stops within 10 seconds. What is its acceleration?
What is -2m/s2 ?
300
At what times is the speed not changing?
What is 4:30-4:45 & 5:00-5:15?
300
Which of the following positions are responsible for passenger safety?
Flight attendant, Air Marshal, Pilot, Aircraft Manager
What are ALL?
300
What is (4)?
300
Two books rest on a table and are stacked on top of each other. One book is 2kg and the other is 3kg. What is the total force exerted on the table by both books? (g=10m/s2)
What is 50N?
300
The time it takes for a car travelling 30m/s to travel 600 meters
What is 20s?
400
Newton's 2nd Law formula when applied to an object in freefall
What is F=mg
g= acceleration constant (due to gravity)
400
What are pre-flight preparations a pilot must make?
What are Fuel, Weight, Weather, Flightplan?
400
A woman walks 5m northeast, 7m east, crosses a 20m bridge north, walks 9m west, takes a bus 457m southwest, then runs 170m west to get to her job on time. She is 278m from her original point. Her displacement is…
What is 278m?
400
Which two forces are occurring in this image?
What are FRICTION & TENSION?
400
The acceleration of a plane that moves constantly at 593mph for 120 seconds?
What is 0m/s2?
500
Two cars crash into a wall. Car A has a mass of 1200kgs and changed its speed from 5m/s to 15m/s within 5 seconds before hitting the wall. Car B has a mass of 1600kgs and changed its speed from 3m/s to 6m/s within 3 seconds before hitting the wall. Which car can you expect to see more damaged?
What is Car A?
Greater force exerted on the wall
500
The aviation industry utilizes this form of the alphabet to communicate
What is the phonetic alphabet?
500
An object with a density of 30kg/m3 has a volume of 5m3. This object slides with an acceleration of 3m/s2. What is the force generated by this object?
(HINT: Density = Mass/Volume)
What is 450N?
D=m/v --> m=D*v --> m=30*5 = 150
F=ma --> F= 150 * 3 = 450N
500
What is the minimum lift force required for a blimp that has a mass of 13,607 kgs to stay in the air?
Assume g=10m/s2
What is 136,070 N?
F= ma = mg = 13,607*10 = 136,070N
500
For a plane:
Lift=1700N, Weight= 1500N
Thrust = 3x Drag
The plane is at a constant altitude. At time=3s, the speed is 250m/s, then at time=8s, the speed is 285m/s. What is the change of speed?
What is 7m/s2?