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Science Midterm
28 cards·by leopard45
Gases that surrounds the Earth is
atmosphere
Someone concerned with the development of aircraft is
a aerospace engineer
The force acting opposite to motion of the object is
air resistance
This is a limitation or restriction is
constrain
The weight the parachute carries is
load
A variable is
likely to change
This connects the canopy to the load
suspension lines
The four Engineering and Design Process steps are
ask, imagine, plan, improve
Earth takes about 365 days to__ around the sun
revolve
When Earth spins on it's __ it __ around the sun
axis, rotates
It takes earth __ or __ to complete full rotation
1 day, 24 hours
The tilt and rotation of the earth around the sun causes changes in ___
seasons
About ____ of the earth 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 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
A frozen mass of ice orbiting the sun is a
comet
This is the imaginary line which Earth rotates
axis
The sun and all the bodies make up the ___
solar system
An object in orbit with another orbit is a
satellite
____ is an indication of the fraction of the moon that is illuminated as seen from Earth
moon phase
A full orbit of an object around another object is called a
revolution
Some __ of a piece of wood are how strong it is and how smooth it is
properties
Some ___ that can be used to make concrete etc.
materials
_____ is anything that people make to solve a problem
Technology
When you ___ a chair, you need to think about how big and strong it needs to be
design
_____ are people who use math, science, and imagination to solve problems to meet
Engineers