A word for when the front of the paper plane goes straight down and crashes into the ground.
What is nosedive
100
A verb meaning to change in response to surroundings
What is adapt
100
STEM stands for
What is science, technology, engineering and math
200
the force that pushes something forward
What is thrust
200
A fluid is something that ______________ (rhymes with "goes" but sounds better)
What is flows
200
A word that means leaning, or not vertical. The wing of a plane is ____________ in the Newtonian theory of lift.
What is tilted
200
Fish have bodies that are ____________, or streamlined and without protrusions.
What is sleek
200
Employers want to hire STEM majors. This means they are in _____________
What is demand
300
The force that opposes thrust
What is drag
300
An adjective that means shaped so that fluids flow around an object with minimal drag
What is streamlined
300
When a plane's angle of attack becomes too steep, it suddenly loses lift. This is called ____________. This word can also refer to when your car engine stops suddenly.
What is stall
300
A word for a nose that is made of a hard substance, like on some fish, ducks, and geese.
What is a bill
300
Money you borrow to go to school is called a
What is student loan
400
The type of drag experience by an airplane (another word for drag when talking about a plane)
What is air resistance
400
An adjective referring to ability to move through water - if you add an "s" it makes a noun
What is hydrodynamic
400
The jet engine of a jet plane or the propeller of a propeller plane provides __________, which is the force forward (like thrust).
What is propulsion.
400
An adjective meaning able to float.
What is bouyant
400
If you major in English, art history, or philosophy, you are majoring in ___________ arts.
What is liberal
500
The upward force that keeps a plane in the air
What is lift
500
A noun for water moving in a certain direction
What is current
500
The heaviest part of a plane (or any object) is its
What is center of gravity
500
A verb meaning to stick out. The eyes of streamlined fish do not do this.
What is protrude
500
A noun meaning how possible it is to pay for something (based on how expensive or inexpensive it is). Expensive degrees have low ______________.