New Flight & Space- 1.1 & 1.2

An aircraft similar to an airplane that has no engine

• Glider

• Prototype

• Force

• Helicopter

A working model used to test a design concept by making observations and necessary adjustments.

• Glider

• Prototype

• Helicopter

• Force

A systematic, problem-solving strategy that designers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.

• Design Process

• Design Artifacts

• Unbalanced Force

• Acceleration

Include client interview responses, observations, research, design drawings, prototypes, photos, videos, test results, or satisfaction surveys. Anything that is created.

• Design Process

• Design Artifacts

• Force

• Gravity

A push or a pull upon an object resulting from the object’s interaction with another object.

• Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Gravity

• Magnitude

A gas or liquid that tends to take the shape of its container.

• Fluid

• Gravity

• Mass

• Thrust

Forces that are directed opposite each other and are not equal in magnitude.

• Force

• Unbalanced Force

• Magnitude

• Acceleration

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth or toward any other physical body having mass.

• Gravity

• Unbalanced Force

• Weight

• Lift

The rate at which an object speeds up, slows down or changes direction.

• Acceleration

• Mass

• Weight

• Lift

The amount of matter in an object. Not to be confused with weight, which is the amount of force that gravity exerts on an object.

• Weight

• Mass

• Lift

• Thrust