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the envolpe of gasses that surrounds the earth and other planetes
atmosphere
someone con cerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft
aerospace engineer
this is drag or a force acting opposite to the motion of the object
air resistance
this is a limitation or restriction
constraint
this is the weight the canopy carries
load
a varabile is
likely to change
this connects the canopy to the load
suspension lines
the enginering and design process consist of four steps which are
imagine plan improve
earth takes about 365 days to _________ around the sun
revolve
when the earth spins on its _________ it _________ around the earth
axis rotates
it takes the earth ______ or _________ to complete a full rotation
1 day 24 hours
the tilt of the earth and the way the earth rotates atound the sun
seasons
about _________ of the earth's surface is coverd in land
1/4
most of the earth's water is
salty
the path on which the earth revoles is called .
imaginary orbit
this is a rocky mass up to sevral km wide that roateates around the earth
asteriod
question
answer
a frozen mass of ice orbiting the sun is called
comet
this is the imangineary center line of the earth
axis
the sun and all the bodies make up the
solar system
an object in orbit with another object is called a
satellite moon luna
is an indictation of the fraction of the moon is illuminated as seen from the earth
moon phase
a full orbit aruound another object is called
revolution