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Forces, Motion, & Energy
Scientific Inquiry
Bottle Rocket
Mars Lander
100

The names of Mr. Torres' pugs.

Carti, Gigi, Rylo

100
The person who first defined forces.

Who is Sir Isaac Newton

100

Science skills include...

Observing, questioning, predicting, investigating, experimenting, gathering and evaluating data, communicating findings.

100

The purpose of your nose cone during launch.

What is to improve aerodynamics of your rocket.

100

The force acting against gravity.

What is air resistance

200

The unit used to measure energy.

What is Joules

200

In a controlled experiment, the variable that is kept constant.

What is control variable
200

The purpose of your rocket fins during launch.

What is to provide stability.

200

The drop height for this challenge.

What is 5 meters.

300

When calculating net force, forces that point in the same direction...

Are added together.

300

In a controlled experiment, the variable that you observe/measure

What is the dependent variable.

300

The amount of water added to your rocket.

What is 1 Liter.

300

The formula to calculate speed.

What is speed = distance (meters) /time (seconds)

400

Newton's Third Law states that...

for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. 

400

A prediction tested by research.

What is a hypothesis.

400

The number of fins that had the longest average launch distance. 

What is 3 fins.

400

The customers for this challenge. 

Who is JPL and NASA

500

A vector quantity has a ...

magnitude and direction

500

The steps engineers take to find a solution to a problem

What is the Engineering Design Process
500

The person who had the furthest launch distance in this class.

Who is Noel Rojas.

500

The speed of the control lander.

What is 4.34 m/s

600

The Law of Conservation of Energy states that ...

energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another

600

The first hispanic female astronaut in space.

Who is Dr. Ellen Ochoa.

600

The force sending your rocket upward.

Thrust or propulsion.

600

The effect a parachute should have on time and speed.

What is increased drop time and reduced speed.

700

The breed of dog Mrs. Ho's family has.

What is a husky

700

The contact force applied by a surface on an object

What is normal force

700

The 3 branches of natural science 

What is Life, Physical, and Earth/Space Science

700
The action and reaction of your rocket.

Action: The water and air leaving your pressurized bottle through the nozzle. 

Reaction: The rocket traveling upward due to the downward force of the water hitting the launchpad.

700
The technique used by NASA to land rover Spirit safely on Mars.

Parachute with inflatable spheres to absorb impact force. 

800

The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another

What is friction.

800

This type of engineer designs spacecraft and aircraft.

What is an aerospace engineer.

800

The colors of the buttons you used to launch.

What is red and black.

800

Mars is also known as the what planet.

What is the Red Planet.