Parts of the Rocket
Rocket, Rocket, What's Your Function?
Aerodynamics
Don't Break the Law....s of Motion!
Bonus!
100
This was the part of straw you attached onto your rocket.
What is the launch lug?
100
Nose Cone
Designed to reduce aerodynamic drag, the nose cone is made out of paper, plastic, foam, or balsa wood.
100
This is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another. This occurs everywhere. Whenever there is an object in motion, there is this.
What is friction?
100
Which Law? If an object experiences no net force, then its velocity is constant: the object is either at rest (if its velocity is zero), or it moves in a straight line with constant speed (if its velocity is nonzero).
What is the first law?
100
This is the upward force that a fluid exerts on an object that is less dense than itself.
What is buoyancy?
200
What is the sting that connects the nose cone to the body frame?
What is the shock cord?
200
Launch Lug
Used for guidance off the launcher. They are usually made from paper tubes or straws.
200
What is drag?
What is the aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft's motion through the air.
200
This is the person who made the Laws of Motion
Who is Sir Isaac Newton.
200
What can light do when it passes through something?
What is reflect, absorb, or pas through?
300
This is the tissue-like paper stuffed into the airframe tube.
What is the Recovery Wadding?
300
Engine Mount
It’s purpose is to hold the rocket engine firmly in place. It aligns the engine concentrically with the centerline of the rocket. It is usually made from a tube, centering rings, and can also include an engine block and engine hook.
300
What is velocity?
The speed and direction of motion of a moving body.
300
Which Law? When a first body exerts a force F1 on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force F2 = −F1 on the first body. This means that F1 and F2 are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
What is the third law?
300
These are the base measurements of the Metric System
What are Liters, Meters, and Grams?
400
This is the this that pops out in midair, strings and all.
What is the Recovery System?
400
Recovery System
Is designed to recover the rocket safely. Most rockets use a parachute or streamer made from plastic, or cloth, and string.
400
The degree of intensity of this, measured by acceleration.
What is gravity?
400
Which law? The acceleration a of a body is parallel and directly proportional to the net force F acting on the body, is in the direction of the net force, and is inversely proportional to the mass m of the body, i.e., F = ma.
What is the second law.
400
What color do you see when red is reflected?
What is red?
500
This is the bottle cap glued to the engine of your rocket.
What is the engine mount?
500
Fins
Used to keep the rocket headed in the proper direction. Fins are usually made from balsa wood. They are also made from cardboard, plastic and fiberglass.
500
What is the formula for acceleration?
a=Acceleration W=Weight D=Drag m=Mass a=(W-D)/m
500
How many Laws of Motion are there?
What is three laws?
500
Which one will travel more? A car going down a steep ramp or a car at a 45 degree ramp?
What is the steep ramp?
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