Activity 2.3: All Systems Go Review

The force of gravity that pulls objects downward. Not to be confused with mass, the amount of matter in an object. 

• weight

• lift

• thrust

• drag

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Resistance of air against the forward movement of an airplane or rocket.

• weight

• lift

• thrust

• drag

The force that directly opposes the weight of an aircraft and holds the aircraft in the air.  In a rocket, this force and thrust are in the same direction.

• weight

• lift

• thrust

• drag

A force applied to a body to propel it in a desired direction. The force which moves an aircraft or rocket.

• weight

• lift

• thrust

• drag

A partially reusable spacecraft that is launched by a rocket and is able to return to Earth and land like a glider (unpowered aircraft). Used for journeys between Earth and spacecraft orbiting the Earth. 

• orbit

• trajectory

• space shuttle

• cruise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The period of a space flight between launch and landing when a spacecraft is moving in a mostly straight-line path to its destination.

• orbit

• trajectory

• space shuttle

• cruise

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

 The path of an object moving through space.  

• orbit

• trajectory

• space shuttle

• cruise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

  A circular or elliptical path followed by one body as it revolves around another body.  

• orbit

• trajectory

• space shuttle

• cruise

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

  The height above the surface of the earth at which an object is located.

• International Space Station

• altitude

• space junk

• satellites

• atmosphere

  The thick layer of gasses surrounding Earth and other planets.

• International Space Station

• altitude

• space junk

• satellites

• atmosphere