science midterm

17 cards·by Cnguyen

The envelope of gasses that surrounds the earth and planets

atmosphere

Someone concerned with the development

aerospace engineer

This drag or force acting opposite to the motion of the object

air resistance

This is a limitation or restriction

constraint

This is the weight the parachute carries

load

A variable is

likely to change

This connects the canopy to the load

suspension lines

The Engineering & Design process consist of four steps which are

ask, imagine, plan, improve

Earth takes about 367 days to --------- around the sun

revolve

when the earth spins on it's ------it-------around he sun

axis, rotates

It takes the earth -------or------- to complete a full rotation

1 day, 24 hrs

The tilt of the earth and the revolution of the earth around the sun causes changes in

seasons

About ------ of Earth's surfaces is covered in land

one-fourth

Most of the Earth's water is

salty

The--- path on which the Earth revolves is called

imaginary, orbit

This is a rocky mass up to several km wide that rotates around the sun

asteroid

This is the force of attraction that exists between two objects

gravity