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WorksheetsRocket Science
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 29mins
What is the definition of rocket?
A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled by the combustion of its contents.
A vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine.
Any of several plants of the mustard family: such as Arugula.
A device that is used to hurl explosives at an enemy.
All of these answers are correct.
What part of a small rocket has the greatest impact on stability?
Fins
Nose Cone
Pressure Vessel
As the speed of the rocket increases, the distance
remains the same.
increases.
decreases.
is balanced.
How do you calculate the average speed of an object?
You take the mass and divide it by the volume.
You take the distance the object traveled and divide it by the time the object took to travel that distance.
You take the mass and multiply it by acceleration.
You take the distance it traveled and subtract the time.
This is a rocket. The rocket pushes the fuel down.What is the other force in this interaction pair?
The fuel pulls the rocket up.
The fuel pushes the rocket up.
The rocket pulls the earth up.
The earth pulls the rocket down.
These are all the forces that act on moving rocket.
Lift, Weight, Gravity & Thrust
Lift, Drag, Gravity & Thrust
Lift, Push, Pull & Drag
Lift, Thrust & Drag
Which of these shapes would be aerodynamic?
Square
Cone
Resistance that slows an object down in the atmosphere(air).
Drag
Fin
Fuselage
Speed of Sound
Two identical soccer balls are launched across the field by a catapult five minutes apart. One ball travels 5 meters further than the other. What explanation can be given for this difference?
One ball experienced more gravity than the other.
One ball experienced more drag because of the wind.
One ball was heavier than the other.
It is impossible for the two balls to travel different distances.
What is the direction of the lift force the fins put on the rocket?
upward
downward
backward
sideways
What is an oxidizer?
Chemical used to keep rust off of a rocket
A machine that cleans a rocket.
A type of chemical which a fuel requires to burn.
The name of the latest NASA test rocket.
Why do rockets use oxidizers?
They are needed to create oxygen for astronauts.
They allow rockets to operate in space.
Oxidizers keep Earth bacteria from contaminating Space.
Oxidizers keep potential alien microbes contaminating the Earth.
What is the main difference between a jet engine and a rocket engine?
Rocket engines function by expelling hot gases opposite to the direction of desired acceleration, jet engines do not.
Jet engines have nozzles and rockets do not.
Jet engines get oxygen to burn fuel from the air and rocket engines carry their own which allows them to operate in space.
Jet engines are generally more powerful and wasteful than rocket engines.
Which of these images does not depict a rocket?
What is rocket science?
Rocket science is a term used to describe anything considered overly complex to the average luddite.
Rocket science is astronautics
All of these answers are correct.
Rocket science is the study of rockets and their design.
