F&M Engineering Internship Vocabulary

A person who uses math and science to design things

• engineer
• doctor
• artist
• architect

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

• magnetism
• friction
• repulsion
• gravity

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The moment when two objects hit each other.

• Convergence
• Divergence
• Interception
• Collision

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A push or pull that can change the motion of an object.

• Energy
• Velocity
• Acceleration
• Force

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Help, usually food and supplies, that is given to people who have survived a disaster.

• Support
• Disaster relief

• Assistance
• Aid

Beginners at a workplace who do work that is closely supervised because they are learning on the job.

• interns
• trainees
• novices
• apprentices

A force that slows an object down when it moves through the air.

• Gravity
• Momentum
• Air resistance

• Friction

The amount of matter in an object.

• Mass
• Weight
• Volume
• Density

The push exerted on one object when it has a collision with another object; just one of the pair of equal-sized forces in a collision.

• Impact force

• Friction force
• Centripetal force
• Reaction force

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Most successful, considering the situation.

• Least successful

• Optimal

• Most successful

• Relative

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