Forces and Motion
This is the force that allows an object to rise against gravity.
What is lift?
Name the type of energy generated by moving air.
What is kinetic energy?
Describe the type of resource wind energy is compared to fossil fuels.
What is a clean and renewable resource?
Defining the problem is which step in the engineering design process when creating a wind lift?
What is first?
The angle of attack changes the amount of this created in a wind lift.
What is the amount of lift?
Wind turbines convert kinetic energy into this type of energy.
What is mechanical energy?
Thinking about the materials is important in our wind lift project to make sure this is not hurt.
What is the environment?
Brainstorming potential designs for a wind lift involves recording these.
What are ideas and/or sketches?
Movement of this over the wings or blades creates lift.
What is air?
These spin on a wind turbine to help convert energy
What are the blades?
Wind energy reduces this which contributes to a healthier planet.
What is pollution?
Testing and evaluating help determine if these are met in the engineering process?
What are design requirements?
Increasing this could result in the increase of lift.
What is wind speed?
Making one of these, like watching the blades spin, will help you know energy is being transferred in a wind lift.
What is an observation?
Because wind can be reused over and over without harming the Earth, we consider it to be a ____ resource.
What is renewable?
This word describes making changes based on test results with the goal of improving the design.
What is iterate?
This can be changed to maximize lift when designing a wind lift.
What is the angle of attack?
Decreasing this force will help ensure a wind lift uses energy efficiently.
What is drag?
Using these practices like wind energy will decrease the impact humans have on the earth.
What are sustainable practices?
Documenting these can help decide how well the design works and guide future improvements in the design process.
What are results?