Your balloon has _____________________________ energy when it is RELEASED- this is the same energy your Lego Balloon Vehicle has as it MOVES down the hallway?

In our experiment to test the distance of various Lego Balloon Vehicles that we designed, the hallway that we raced each vehicle in would be considered a ___________________________________________ because the size of the hallway was exactly the same for each designer's test of their vehicle's performance

_______________________________________ are round and usually include a rim inside and a tire on the outside. They usually are connected to an axle and spin around the axle.

Because the measurements each designer's LENGTH of their Lego Balloon Vehicle were much different, this served as a _____________________________ in our experiment.

You would see an increase in the _______________________ energy of your Lego Balloon Vehicle AFTER you released your balloon if you insured that your wheels turned freely and had superior coasting ability.

The MASS of each designer’s Lego Balloon Vehicle served as a _____________________ in our experiment, because these measurements were much different for each designer.

What is the best explanation for the role that wheel size played in the performance of the Lego Balloon Vehicles in class?

A _______________________________ is a Lego piece of varying lengths, that had a defined number of holes in the side of them, rounded ends, and were NOT able to be joined to each other unless other Lego pieces were used. They are used to form the framework of many of the structures you made for your Lego Balloon Vehicle.

A n example of a _________________________ in our Lego Balloon Vehicles experiment, was that ALL Lego Balloon Vehicles must move ONLY through power of balloon- no pushing or use of other force.

Access to the Lego pieces and the types of pieces that you were able to use served a ____________________ in our Lego Balloon Vehicle experiment because all designers had access to the same materials

The balloon used by each designer for their Lego Balloon Vehicle served as a ________________________ in our experiment, because these were exactly the same for each designer.

An important factor that contributed to the success of each Lego Balloon Vehicle was the positioning and method of releasing the __________________________ energy of the balloon, which was essentially the "engine" of each vehicle.

When your balloon is BLOWN UP, WAITING to be released, it has _______________________________ energy.

_______________________________________ are pieces that are preformed for Lego building that provide a rigid outline and frame for the base of a variety of creations. These are especially useful as the base of the body of a vehicle. generally these pieces are square or rectangular and have several holes in the sides to connect other parts to.

A good example of _______________________________ imposed our designs that we created for our Lego Balloon Vehicle Challenge was the fact that all vehicles had to be directly powered by only a SINGLE balloon provided by Mr. Dunn. Every design, including real-world designs for real vehicles, have these restrictions put in place, mainly for safety or preservation of resources.

_______________________________ can be used as connectors on beams and other pieces with cross holes. They are mainly used to connect wheels to each other and spin inside of holes in beams.

The fact that Lego Balloon Vehicle prototypes could NOT have MORE THAN 4 wheels of the same type and not more than 6 wheels total, was an example of a(n) _____________________________ that are imposed on ALL designs. In real-world designs, these are usually done in the name of safety considerations.

________________________________ are used to hold axles still inside the hole of a beam- prevneting the axles frommoving back and forth. They can be useful for keeping wheels a certain distance away from a chassis.

The maximum dimensions allowed for the three measurements of your length, width, AND height of your Lego Balloon Vehicle was 30 cm. This is an example of a __________________ that was placed on ALL designers for this experiment.

The size and type of wheels used by each designer for their Lego Balloon Vehicle served as a ___________________________ in our experiment, because these were different for each designer.

_______________ energy, is also known as motion energy because it the kind of energy that objects have when they are moving.

An easy way to increase the ____________________________________________ energy of your Lego Balloon Vehicle would be to blow up the balloon larger BEFORE you mount it on your vehicle.

Because the power and force that the balloon is able to apply is limited, the measurement of the Lego Balloon vehicles ________________ was very important to the success, with vehicles that had less of this measurement in general performing better than vehicles that were larger.