CO2 Dragster Test

Front

Fill in the blanks. Since the CO2 containers release an equal amount of gas at the same rate, the car that wins the race is the one that is the ______ and ______.

Back

lightest, most aerodynamic

Front

How do you overcome friction when designing and building your CO2 dragster?

Back

Make sure the moving parts are freely rotating and not rubbing the dragster body.

Front

What can students learn from being involved with the CO2 dragster project?

Back

Newton's Laws of Motion, How Friction, drag, and aerodynamics effects speed, The Engineering Design Process, How to design and create a product using tools and machinery safely.

Front

CO2 dragster racing is most similar to the real-life form of racing called ______.

Back

Drag racing

Front

CO2 dragsters are designed to look like: Formula 1 cars, Nascar pro stock cars, Sprint cars, or Whatever the designer chooses?

Back

Whatever the designer chooses

Front

What is the most important factor that affects how fast your dragster will race?

Back

Mass

Front

CO2 gas is comprised of which two elements?

Back

Carbon, oxygen

Front

The dragster derives its thrust from carbon monoxide gas.

Back

False

Front

Newton's ___ law of motion states that force = mass x acceleration.

Back

2nd

Front

Acceleration is a change in velocity. Which two components make up velocity?

Back

Speed + direction