FOSS Variables Module
Terms
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- A movable airfoil at the trailing edge of an airplane wing that controls the banking of the airplane.
- Aileron
- To tilt sideways when turning.
- bank
- The science dealing with the operation of aircraft.
- Aeronautics
- A scientist who studies objects and events in the solar system and beyond.
- Astronomer
- An instrument used to measure the speed of wind.
- Anemometer
- An instrument used to measure the pressure of the atmosphere, which assists in forecasting the weather.
- Barometer
- The maximum volume of fluid a container can hold.
- Capacity
- A course around something, such as the circular path in which an ocean current might flow.
- Circuit
- A closed space where something burns, often explosively, such as gasoline in a motor.
- Combustion chamber
- An experiment in which one, and only one, variable is changed in order to assess its effect.
- Controlled experiment
- Any motion or activity that repeats itself.
- Cycle
- The ratio of the mass of a material in proportion to its volume.
- Density
- A movable airfoil attached to the tail of a plane that controls motion up and down.
- Elevator
- An aircraft that has wings but no engine.
- Glider
- Operation by the pressure of water or other liquids in motion.
- Hydraulics
- A proposed answer to a question.
- Hypothesis
- A ballgame where players use long-handled nets to catch and throw the ball and score goals.
- Lacrosse
- A scientist who studies the ocean.
- Oceanographer
- A scientist who studies what life was like millions of years ago.
- Paleontologist
- A mass hung from a fixed point, free to swing back and forth when put in motion.
- Pendulum
- Maintaining a pressure higher than the surroundings.
- Pressurized
- A piece of transparent material that separates light into a spectrum.
- Prism
- A movable airfoil attached to the rear of an airplane that controls the direction of flight on a horizontal plane.
- Rudder
- The name for the colorful rainbow seen when a beam of light passes through a prism.
- Spectrum
- The basic procedure used in a controlled experiment, before changing any of the variables.
- Standard
- Traveling faster than the speed of sound.
- Supersonic
- A set of objects that are related in some way and can be isolated for study.
- system
- A set of principles that explains a natural event.
- theory
- A graph that shows the outcome of a series of experiments when a variable is changed by steps.
- Two-coordinate graph
- A factor or condition that can change and might affect the outcome of an experiment.
- Variable
- A machine that has a roller on which a rope is wound.
- Winch
- The rate at which an object moves in a certain direction.
- Velocity