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Newton
Vocabulary
Rockets
Launch Vehicles
Delta
100
for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction
What is newton's 3rd law
100
to change the speed and/or direction of motion
What is acceleration
100
is the simplest type of rocket
What is an air rocket
100
is a missle designed to deliver a payload to another spot on Earth several thousand miles away
What is a intercontinental ballistic missile
100
was America's amswer to the R-7
What is delta
200
a body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest
What is newton's 1st law
200
Earth centered
What is geocentric
200
another name for water rockets
What is a bottle rocket
200
is a base rocket
What is the R-7
200
played a crucial role in winning business for the U.S.
What is the Delta role
300
F=ma
What is newton's 2nd law
300
a rockets end that releases gas, smoke, and flame to produce thrust
What is nozzel
300
most commonly used for educational purposes
What is a model rocket
300
R-7
What is consisted of a core rocket surrounded by four boosters, each shaped like a tapered cylinder
300
the year that the first space shuttle Delta took launch
What is the signifigance of the year 1981
400
a stationary object starts to move only when something makes it move.
What is a stationary object
400
a substance that includes oxygen to aid combustion
What is oxidizer
400
water
What is 800 times heavier than air
400
the number of launches that the Russians have launched
What is more than 1,600
400
34%
What is the percentage of all the commercial satellites in the world that these launch vehicles carry
500
the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
What is inertia
500
an amount, size, speed, or degree that can be measured
What is magnitude
500
both solid and liquid propellants are a mix of fuel and oxidizer
What is a mix of fuel and oxidizer
500
both the U.S. and the Soviet Union based their programs on the work done in Germany with V-2 rockets
What is based in Germany with V-2 rockets
500
the Delta IV Heavy
What is the launch with the three common booster cores joined together and topped with a second-stage engine