Forces & Bottle Rockets

A rocket will remain on the launch pad until an unbalanced force is exerted on the rocket, propelling it upward.

• True

• False

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The amount of force exerted on the rocket depends on how much air is pumped inside the rocket.

• True

• False

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For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force.

• Newton's First Law

• Newton's Second Law

• Newton's Third Law

• Gravitational Force

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A rocket with more mass

• has more inertia than a rocket with less mass.

• requires more force to move than a rocket with less mass.

• was more difficult to move than less massive rockets.

• is more stubborn than less massive rockets.

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A rocket with less mass, will experience

• slightly more gravitational force.

• slightly less gravitational force.

• no gravitational force.

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If we increase the amount of force applied to the rocket, it would accelerate

• more.

• less.

• the same amount.

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Sometimes the parachute did not deploy correctly. In this case, the rocket and the parachute behaved most like...

• A paper falling by itself.

• A book falling by itself.

• A paper and book falling together (paper on top of the book).

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As your rocket falls back to Earth, the parachute creates

• strong gravitational force

• Newton's 2nd law

• Newton's 1st law

• air resistance

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When the rocket launches, the water inside the rocket applies a force downward to the launchpad, and the the launchpad applies a force upward to the...

• air

• grass

• rocket

• string

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We can assume that the rockets with the least mass,

• flew the highest

• flew the lowest

• applied the most force to the ground

• had the most air resistance

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