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Uses Air as its working fluid
What is a Air Rocket
100
compresses air for the air rockets
What is a Pump
100
This is burnt to provide thrust for the rocket
What is fuel
100
Change in motion
What is acceleration
100
Who created the first rockets
Who are the Chinese
200
Who designed the V-2 rocket
Who are the Germans
200
The very top of the rocket
What is the Nose Cone
200
There are solid propellants and what other types of fuel for large scale rockets
What is liquid propellants
200
An amount, size, speed, or degree that can be measured
What is magnitude
200
This man's steam engine demonstrated the principle behind jet propulsion before Newton Was born.
Who is Hero
300
This controls modern day rockets
What is on-board computers
300
This is the exit point for water in a water rocket
What is the Nozzle
300
The main two modern day fuels for rockets
What is hydrogen and oxygen
300
ensures the safe landing of a model rocket during fall
What is a parachute
300
This is Newton's equation for the second law of Motion
What is F=ma
400
This NBA team is placed fourth in the current Western Conference standings (DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! Add 800 if correct)
Who are the Houston Rockets
400
This is another way to say structural system
What is the frame
400
This separates the fuel from the rest of the rocket in a model rocket
What is the recovery wadding
400
this is a substance that includes oxygen to aid combustion
What is the oxidizer
400
One of these is not a real rocket a) Ares 1-X b) Explorer c) R-7 d)Titan II
What is the Titan II
500
A rocket leaving earth's atmosphere enters this
What is $P@C3 Space
500
These are the five major systems of a rocket
What is Payload, Guidance System, Control System, Propellant and Propulsion System
500
The lack of this fuel prevents jet engines from operating outside of earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen
500
The explosive charge in a rocket is known as...
What is a warhead
500
This injury ended Leland D. Melvin's NFL career which then led him to be an astronaut
What is a pulled hamstring