The Science of Rockets
A device that expels gas in one direction to move in the opposite direction.
What is a rocket?
A push or a pull.
What is force?
The use of knowledge to solve practical problems.
What is technology?
The first astronaut to walk on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
What NASA stands for.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Law of motion that states for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
The amount of matter contained in an object.
What is mass?
Made of parts that work together.
What is a system?
What NASA stands for.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
The American effort to land astronauts on the moon and return them to Earth.
What is the Apollo program?
Speed in a given direction. (i.e. 5 ft/s northeast)
What is velocity?
A change in motion or direction.
What is acceleration?
The study of the natural world to see how it functions.
What is science?
A person who uses both science and technology to solve problems.
What is an engineer?
A person who uses both science and technology to solve problems.
What is an engineer?
An aerodynamic force that opposes an aircraft's motion through the air.
What is drag?
Law that states an object at rest remains at rest and an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is Newton's first law of motion?
Two basic types of energy.
What is kinetic and potential energy?
Name of the person who discovered inertia
Who is Galileo?
Potential energy related to an object's height.
What is gravitational potential energy?
In order for a rocket to fly, this force must be greater than the mass of the rocket.
What is thrust?
Law that states force equals mass times acceleration (f=ma)
What is Newton's 2nd law of motion?
The 3 sources of lift when a rocket's flight path is at an angle
What are the nose, airframe, and fins?
8 steps of the engineering design process.
What is (1)identify a need or problem, (2) research the problem, (3) develop possible solutions, (4) select the best possible solution, (5) construct a prototype, (6) Test and evaluate, (7) communicate the solution, (8) redesign.
Two basic types of energy.
What is kinetic and potential energy?