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CAP Model Rocketry 1-3

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first to use rockets in battle? Who were they firing them at?

a)

Mongols; Chinese

b)

Chinese; Mongols

c)

British; United States

d)

Germany; Soviet Union

2.

What did Konstatin Tsiolkovsky lay the foundation for?

a)

Practical Rocketry

b)

The Laws of Motion

c)

Aeronautics

d)

Space Travel

3.

What did Robert H. Goddard demonstrate?

a)

The Laws of Motion

b)

The effect of weightlessness on the human body

c)

That liquid fueled rockets were possible

d)

That solid fueled rockets were possible

4.

What concept did Hermann Oberth come up with?

a)

Rockets as weapons

b)

Rockets as intercontinental transportation

c)

Multiple-Staged Rockets

d)

Extra-Terrestrial Colonies

5.

What did Dr. Werner Von Braun develop for the Nazis?

a)

FW-190

b)

The Tiger Tanks

c)

Firearms

d)

V-2 Ballistic Missile

6.

What happened to Werner von Braun after WW2

a)

He was captured by the USSR to work on rockets

b)

He was prosecuted and put in prison

c)

He surrendered to the US to work on their space program

d)

He fled Germany and was never found

7.

Who was Sir Isaac Newton?

a)

A German chemist

b)

An American Politician

c)

A member of the British Royal Family

d)

A British physicist

8.

What is the First Law of Motion? What is its more formal name?

a)

An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force; The Law of Inertia

b)

For Every Action, there is an Equal and opposite Reaction; The Law of Propulsion

c)

Force = Mass x Acceleration

d)

An object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force; The Law of Motion

9.

What is the second law of motion?

a)

F=MA

b)

Law of Inertia

c)

Inverse Square Law

d)

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

10.

What is the third law of motion?

a)

F=MA

b)

The Rocket Equation

c)

For Every Action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

d)

The Law of Inertia

11.

If your rocket lands in a tall tree, is it safe to recover it?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

What is the Apogee?

a)

The landing of a rocket

b)

The launch of a rocket

c)

The lowest point in a rockets flight

d)

The highest point in a rockets flight

13.

What tool is used to determine a rockets altitude

a)

An Altimeter

b)

An Altitude Tracker

c)

A Barometer

d)

An Attitude Indicator

14.

What is the equation for tracking rocket altitude?

a)

Mass x Acceleration = Force

b)

Baseline Distance X Angle Tangent = Altitude

c)

Length x Width x Height

d)

The Rocket Equation

15.

How many types of rocket motors are there?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

20

d)

160

16.

Out of these motors, which is the most powerful? The least?

1/4 A, 1/2 A, A, B, C, D, E

a)

C; E

b)

E; 1/4 A

c)

1/2 A; E

d)

D; A

17.

B6-4 -- This is the name of a common model rocket motor. What does the B represent?

a)

Altitude Class

b)

Power Class

c)

Top Speed

d)

Time Delay

18.

B6-4 -- What does the 6 represent?

a)

Average thrust in Newtons

b)

Average altitude in hundreds of feet

c)

Time Delay

d)

Time of flight in minutes

19.

B6-4 -- What does the 4 represent?

a)

Altitude in hundreds of feet

b)

Average Thrust in Newtons

c)

Time of Flight in minutes

d)

Time Delay

20.

Who were the 4 pioneers of space travel covered in model rocketry?

a)

Dr. Werner von Braun

b)

Konstatin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky

c)

Hermann Oberth

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

e)

Dr. Robert H. Goddard

21.

What British military officer improved on the design of military rockets?

a)

William Congreve

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Robert Goddard

22.

What is thrust measured in for model rockets?

a)

Horse Power

b)

Newtons

c)

feet per second

d)

meters per second

23.

What was the name of the battle where weaponized rockets were first used? What year did it happen in?

a)

Battle of Britain;1939-1940

b)

Battle of La Drang;1965

c)

Battle of Yorktown;1781

d)

The Battle of Kai-Keng;1232