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Newton's Laws
History of Aerospace
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Space Facts
100

Meters per second

What are the units for speed? 
100

The law of inertia 

What is Newton's First Law? 
100

What major event happened in 1969?

The moon landing

100

What phenomena is causing the universe to expand?

Dark energy

100

What does space smell like?

Burning metal

200
What is velocity?

How fast something is moving in a given direction 

200

What force stops a ball that is thrown in the air from flying up forever?

Gravity

200

The century that Sir Isaac Newton published his laws of motion

What is the 17th century? 

200

What vehicle is the Golden Record aboard?

Voyager 1 and 2

200

A portion of a constellation

Asterism

300

Is displacement a vector or scalar?

Vector

300

A bowling ball collides with a set of bowling pins (at rest) with a force of 15N. What is the force the pins exert on the bowling ball?

15 N

300

4 current aerospace companies

What are SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic?

300

Number of days that Scott Kelly spent in space.

340 days

300

What are two main elements found on the sun?

Hydrogen and Helium

400

Amy runs 2 km south, turns around, runs around 3 km north, and then runs 4 km east. What is her distance?

9 km

400

If a ball is moving with a force of 49 Newtons and has an acceleration of 7 m/s2, what is the ball's mass?

7 kg

400

This group of people used action-reaction principles for aeolipiles in 400 BC.

Who are the Greeks? 

400

Which astronomer came up with the idea for the Golden Record?

Frank Drake 

400

Which planet(s) has no moon?

Mercury and Venus

500

A train moving at a velocity of 15 m/s is accelerated to 24 m/s over a 12 second interval. What is its acceleration?

3/4 m/s²

500

Two ice skaters push off of each other and they both glide in opposite directions. Which of Newton's Laws does this best represent?

Newton's Third Law

500

Nickname for Robert H. Goddard after he created the first liquid fueled rocket.

“father of modern rocketry”

500

What happens to your chromosomes in space?

The telomeres (end caps of chromosomes) get longer

500

What is the gravity on the moon?

1.6 m/s2