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SSC - Bottle Rockets - Level 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name

Class

Date

Rockets are able to lift off and travel because of

thrust

speed

velocity

escape veocity

What part of the bottle rocket has the greatest impact on stability?

Fins

Nose Cone

Pressure Vessel

Relating to Newton’s Third Law, action and reaction, what is the reaction when a rocket expels gas, smoke and flames from the nozzle end of the rocket engine?

Nothing

Propels in the opposite direction

Creates a balanced force

Creates friction

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

NASA stands for

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Aerospace and Science Alliance

National Astronomy and Space Academy

North American Space Association

What is the goal of aerodynamics?

to make vehicles slower

to reduce fluid friction

to increase fluid friction

to make

What professionals develop aircraft and spacecraft?

mechanical engineers

civil engineers

aerospace engineers

architects

10.

What is the most important issue faced by rocket scientist?

air pressure

center of mass

stability

space debri

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SSC - Bottle Rockets - Level 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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