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Distance in Space
Rockets
Action Reaction
Newtons 3rd Law
Random Space Questions
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Why do we not use miles or kilometers to measure distances in space?
The unit is too small.
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What is the purpose of a rocket?
To enter space.
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What is an action?
A force that causes a change in motion.
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Who wrote the third law of motion?
Issac Newton
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How many planets are there?
8 No more Pluto :'(
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Earth is 93,000,000 miles from the sun. This distance is also known as a?
What is an astronomical unit.
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What must a rocket carry with it into space?
Fuel and Oxygen
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What is a reaction?
The reaction is what happens because of the action, usually movement
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The 3rd law of motion states that for every _______ there is an equal and opposite ___________.
Action Reaction
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Which planet is closest to the sun?
What is Mercury
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What is a light year?
The distance light travels in a year.
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Why does a rocket need oxygen?
For the engines to burn fuel.
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What is the action/reaction for a space ship taking off?
Action = Rocket Fuel Burning Reaction = Rocket blasting upwards
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When an action occurs, what general direction does the reaction occur?
in the opposite direction
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Why is Pluto no longer a "planet"
Pluto is too small to be a planet. It is 1/6 of earth, it is smaller than our moon.
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How far is a light year?
5,800,000,000,000+ miles
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What is the "action" in a rocket launch?
The fuel burning.
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When on a diving board, you jump and bounce off the board which sends you into the air, what is the action/reaction?
Action = the jump onto the board reaction= being launched into the air
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What is Issac Newton's third law of motion?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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How many people have been into space?
536 people. Only 12 walked on the moon.
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How far away is the closest star to our sun?
4.3 light years away or about 25, 000,000,000,000 miles.
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What is the reaction to a space shuttles action?
The rocket will move upward/forward
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If someone is pushing a grocery cart through the store, what is the action/reaction?
Action = pushing on the cart reaction = cart moving forward
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If every action as an EQUAL and opposite reaction, then when a truck hits a fly going 70 miles an hour, the fly hits the truck going 70 miles an hour. Why is the truck not damaged?
The fly has little mass, it may hit with the same force, but it does not weigh enough to do any damage.
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How many moons does Jupiter have?
More than 60.