Science Study Guide EXAM

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The envelope of gases that surrounds the earth and other planets

armosphere

someone concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft

aerospace engineer

This is 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

This connect the canopy to the load

suspension lines

The engineering and design process consist of four steps which are

ask,imagine, plan, improve

earth takes about 365 days to ...... around the sun

revolve

when the earth spins on its ..... it ..... around the sun

axis,rotates

it takes the earth ..... or ..... to complete a full rotation

1 day and 24 hours

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

seasons

about ..... of earths surface is covered in land

one- fourth

Most of the earths 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

moon

this is the force of attraction that exist between two objects

gravity

a frozen mass of ice orbiting the sun is called a .....

comet

this is the imaginary line which the earth rotates

axis

the sun and all the bodies make up the .....

solar system

an object in orbit with another object is called an

satellite

a full orbit of an object around another object is called

revolution