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WorksheetsCAP Model Rocketry 1-3
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who were the first to use rockets in battle? Who were they firing them at?
Mongols; Chinese
Chinese; Mongols
British; United States
Germany; Soviet Union
What did Konstatin Tsiolkovsky lay the foundation for?
Practical Rocketry
The Laws of Motion
Aeronautics
Space Travel
What did Robert H. Goddard demonstrate?
The Laws of Motion
The effect of weightlessness on the human body
That liquid fueled rockets were possible
That solid fueled rockets were possible
What concept did Hermann Oberth come up with?
Rockets as weapons
Rockets as intercontinental transportation
Multiple-Staged Rockets
Extra-Terrestrial Colonies
What did Dr. Werner Von Braun develop for the Nazis?
FW-190
The Tiger Tanks
Firearms
V-2 Ballistic Missile
What happened to Werner von Braun after WW2
He was captured by the USSR to work on rockets
He was prosecuted and put in prison
He surrendered to the US to work on their space program
He fled Germany and was never found
Who was Sir Isaac Newton?
A German chemist
An American Politician
A member of the British Royal Family
A British physicist
What is the First Law of Motion? What is its more formal name?
An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force; The Law of Inertia
For Every Action, there is an Equal and opposite Reaction; The Law of Propulsion
Force = Mass x Acceleration
An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force; The Law of Motion
What is the second law of motion?
F=MA
Law of Inertia
Inverse Square Law
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
What is the third law of motion?
F=MA
The Rocket Equation
For Every Action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The Law of Inertia
If your rocket lands in a tall tree, is it safe to recover it?
Yes
No
What is the Apogee?
The landing of a rocket
The launch of a rocket
The lowest point in a rockets flight
The highest point in a rockets flight
What tool is used to determine a rockets altitude
An Altimeter
An Altitude Tracker
A Barometer
An Attitude Indicator
What is the equation for tracking rocket altitude?
Mass x Acceleration = Force
Baseline Distance X Angle Tangent = Altitude
Length x Width x Height
The Rocket Equation
How many types of rocket motors are there?
7
12
20
160
Out of these motors, which is the most powerful? The least?
1/4 A, 1/2 A, A, B, C, D, E
C; E
E; 1/4 A
1/2 A; E
D; A
B6-4 -- This is the name of a common model rocket motor. What does the B represent?
Altitude Class
Power Class
Top Speed
Time Delay
B6-4 -- What does the 6 represent?
Average thrust in Newtons
Average altitude in hundreds of feet
Time Delay
Time of flight in minutes
B6-4 -- What does the 4 represent?
Altitude in hundreds of feet
Average Thrust in Newtons
Time of Flight in minutes
Time Delay
Who were the 4 pioneers of space travel covered in model rocketry?
Dr. Werner von Braun
Konstatin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
Hermann Oberth
Sir Isaac Newton
Dr. Robert H. Goddard
What British military officer improved on the design of military rockets?
William Congreve
Isaac Newton
Robert Goddard
What is thrust measured in for model rockets?
Horse Power
Newtons
feet per second
meters per second
What was the name of the battle where weaponized rockets were first used? What year did it happen in?
Battle of Britain;1939-1940
Battle of La Drang;1965
Battle of Yorktown;1781
The Battle of Kai-Keng;1232
