Aerodynamics
& Flight
& Flight
An increase in the speed of a fluid causes a decrease in the pressure exerted by the fluid.
What is Bernoulli's Principle?
Organisms that get their energy from eating other organisms
What is a consumer in an ecosystem?
Why a suspect commits a crime
What is a motive?
A group of stars, usually in a recognizable shape or pattern.
What is a constellation?
The acceleration of mass in one direction.
What is thrust?
Many insects, small mammals, and reptiles that need shelter live here.
What is an understory?
Oral or written facts made by witnesses
What is testimonial evidence?
The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant.
What is Jupiter?
A design that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement.
What is streamlining?
Non-living organism, never has lived
What is abiotic?
The process of using observation and background knowledge to determine a conclusion that makes sense.
What is inference?
The distance light travels in one year, roughly about 9.5 Trillion km.
What is a light year?
Tear drop shape of wing
What is an airfoil?
Evaporated water vapor that sticks together as clouds until it becomes heavy
What is condensation?
A false clue that is planted to throw off detectives
What is a red herring?
When a portion of the Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the Moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight.
What is a solar eclipse?
For every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
Lives more than a few years.
What is perennial?
Invisible prints caused by the transfer of perspiration and oils from the skin onto another surface.
What are latent prints?
Considered to be the 'North Star' this star does not move across the night sky because of its position right above Earth's northern axis.
What is Polaris?