Forces of Motion
Steps in the Engineering Design Process
Common Units and Metric Prefixes
Parts of a Plane
Vocabulary
100

A force of motion that pulls an object towards Earth

What is Weight (gravity)?

100

The first step in the engineering design process

What is "Define the problem"?

100

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What is degrees of celsius?

100

A major horizontal surface of an airplane that provides lift

what is a wing?

100

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

What is Newton's Third Law of Motion

200

A force of motion that moves an object upward towards the sky

What is lift?

200

Finding multiple solutions for a proble

What is "brainstorming"?

200

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What is (are) kilometer?

200

This part of the plane generates the most amount of thrust to move through the sky

what is the engine?

200

Force= Mass*Acceleration (F=ma)

What is Newton's Second Law of Motion

300

A force of motion that moves an object through the sky

What is thrust?

300

When you create a "rough draft" of your solution

what is a prototype?

300

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What is (are) pounds?

300

This equipment lowers for a plane descending to a runway

what is landing gear?

300

This is the study of forces & resulting motion of objects through space

What is aerodynamics?

400

A force of motion that moves against an object moving through a fluid (i.e. water or air)

What is drag?

400

When you gather data and evaluate your prototype

what is "test"?

400

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What is force?

400

The back end of a plane in which contains both vertical and horizontal stabilizers

What is the tail?

400

An object at rest will remain at rest, and an object will remain in motion unless acted on by a external force

What is Newton's First Law of Motion

500

The force of speed and the direction it moves in describes this type of quantity

What is a vector quantity?

500

A redesign of your solution or prototype

What is an iteration (iterate)?

500

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What is a millimeter?

500

The part of a plane where passengers typically stay during flight

what is a fuselage?

500

This physicist discovered the 3 laws of motion

Who is Isaac Newton?

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