Forces and Motion
Rocketry Vocab
Flight 101
SHAPE
SSL
100

The force of an object acting to pull the rocket to the ground

What is weight

100

A rocket that uses liquid and solid fuel is called?

What is a hybrid rocket

100

What were the Wright borthers famous for?

What is creating the first sucessful airplane

100

What is the name of this elective?

What is gliding through aerospace

100

What colored lanyards do the SSLs wear?

What is green

200

A force produced by the motion of the object through the air

What is lift

200

The calculated point in which the weight of an object is concentrated.

What is the center of gravity?

200

The study of the properties of moving air

Aerodynamics

200

What type of wood was used in this elective?

What is balsa wood

200

What is Alexa and Bella's majors?

What is Mechanical Engineering
300

The force, generated by the engine, that moves the object forward

What is thrust

300

The average location of all the pressure acting upon a body?

What is the center of pressure

300

What is the science of building or flying an aircraft

What is aeronautics

300

What Columbia Undergraduate College does SHAPE fall under?

What is the College of Engineering (or SEAS)

300

What is Christopher's major?

What is Civil Engineering

400

Type of friction that acts opposite the motion of any object surrounded by fluid

What is drag

400

The highest point the rocket will reach.

What is Apogee

400

The practice of sending spacecraft beyond Earth’s atmosphere

What is astronautics

400

Who is the Director of SHAPE

Who is Kristian Brenton (or Kris)

400

Which SSL is NOT apart of Columbia Space Initiative?

Who is Christopher

500

Rubbing together of two surfaces resulting in energy loss

What is friction

500

How fast fuel is ejected from the rocket. 

What is impulse

500

At what age can you get your pilots license? 

What is 17 years old

500

What was the name of the Astronaut that spoke on Tuesday?

Professor Mike Massimino

500

Who is the only SSL not from NYC (in this elective)?

Who is Bella

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