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Science Mid Term
28 cards·by turtle45
The envelope of gasses that surrounds the Earth and other planets
Atmosphere
Someone concerned with the development of aircraft and space craft
aerospace engineer
This is drag or a force acting opposite to the motion of 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 and Design Process consist steps of four steps which are
ask, imagine, plan, improve
Earth takes about 365 days to revolve around the sun
revolve
When the Earth spin on its axis it rotates around the sun
axis, rotates
It takes the Earth 1 day or 24 hours to complete a full rotation
1 day 24 hours
The tilt of the Earth and revolution of the Earth around the sun causes changes in
seasons
About one-fourths of Earth's surface is covered in land
one-fourth
Most of the Earth's water is salty
salty
The Imagininary path on which the Earth revolves is called orbit
imanginary, 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
A frozen mass of ice orbiting the sun is called
comet
This is the imaginary center 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 a
satellite moon luna
Moon phase 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 properties of a piece of wood are how strong it is and how smooth it is
properties
some materials that can be used to make roads are concrete, flat rocks, tar, and gravel
materials
technology is any thing that people make to solve a problem
technology
When you design a chair, you need to think about how big and how strong it needs to be
design
Engineers are people who use math, science and imagination to solve problems to meet human
needs and wants
engineers