Show:
Finals
Finals
Finals
Finals
Finals
100
relating to movement or position, the angle up or down
What is pitch??
100
the quanity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water
What is a calorie?
100
an instrument for determining the pressure of the atmosphere
What is a barometer?
100
the upward force resulting from the difference in pressure between the upper and lower surfaces of a wing
What is lift?
100
Father of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
an instrument used for making distant objects appear closer and larger by focusing light rays with mirrors
What is a reflecting scope?
200
a stream of ionized gas particles constantly radiating from holes in the sun's corona
What is solar wind?
200
the transfer of energy through space as electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
200
sideward pressure exerted by a moving fluid decreases as the fluid's velocity increases
What is Bernoulli's principle?
200
first man to travel in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
300
an instrument used for making distant objects appear closer and larger by focusing light rays with mirrors
What is a refracting scope?
300
a device that automatically regulates temperature
What is a thermostat?
300
the force that drives an object forward
What is thrust?
300
wings fully extended above and slightly behind the shoulders
What is the flapping cycle?
300
developed the telescope
Who is Galileo?
400
one rotation of the earth relative to the stars
What is a sidereal day?
400
flight muscle of a bird
What is a pectoralis?
400
a group of aligned atoms with a single magnetic field
What is a domain?
400
developed the geocentric (earth-centered) view
Who was Aristotle?
400
first American to orbit the earth
Who is John Glenn?
500
the unit of absolute temperature
What is a kelvin?
500
soft, fluffy feathers that are close to a bird's body
What are down feathers?
500
the resistance force exerted by a fluid
What is drag?
500
first human being to set foot on another world
Who is Neil Armstrong?
500
America's first man in space
Who is Alan Shepard?