Exam Study Guide Mid-Term

someone concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft

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

a limitation or restriction

the weight the parachute carries

A variable is

this connects the canopy to the load

the Engineering and Design Process consist of four steps which are

Earth takes 365 days to ______________ around the Sun.

When the Earth spin on its _________ it ________ around the Sun.

It takes the Earth ______ or _______ to complete a full rotation.

The tilt of the Earth and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun causes changes in __________.

About _________of Earth's surface is covered in land.

Most of the Earth's water is

The __________ path on which the Earth revolves is called ____________.

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

This is the force of attraction that exists between two objects.

A frozen mass of ice orbiting the Sun is called a______________.

This is the imaginary center line which the Earth rotates.

The Sun and all the bodies make up the ________________.

An object in orbit with another object is called a ___________.

__________ is an indication of the fraction of the Moon that is illuminated as seen from Earth.

A full orbit of an object around another object is called a _______.

Some ___________ of a piece of wood are how strong it is and how smooth it is.

Some ________ that can be used to make roads are concrete, flat rocks, tar, and gravel.

___________ is any thing that people make to solve a problem.

When you _________ a chair, you need to think about how big and how strong it needs to be.

__________ are people who use math, science, and imagination to solve problems to meet humanneeds and wants.