science

23 cards·by Anthony.Dotson

1.The envelope of gasses that surrounds the Earth and other planets.

atmosphere

2.Someone concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft.

aerospace engineer

3.This is drag or a force acting opposite to the motion of the object.

air resistance

4.This is a limitation or restriction.

constraint

5.This is the weight the parachute carries.

load

6.A variable is.

likely to change

7.This connects the canopy to the load.

suspension lines

8.The Engineering and Design process consist of four steps which are.

ask,imagine,plan,improve

9.Earth takes about 365 days to around the sun.

revolve

10.When the Earth spins on it's it around the sun.

axis,rotates

11.It takes the Earth or to complete a full rotation.

1 day,24 hours

12.The tilt of the Earth and the revolution of the Earth around the sun causes changes in .

seasons

13.About of Earth's surface is covered in land.

one-fourth

14.Most of the Earth's water is.

salty

15.The path on which the Earth revolves is called.

imaginary,orbit

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

asteroid

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

gravity

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

comet

19.This 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

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