Rockets

Question 0

The Russian rocket pioneer who launched the first satellite, animal, and man into space?

Answer 0

Sergei Korolev

Question 1

Who made the first liquid fueled rockets in the modern era?

Answer 1

Dr. Robert Goddard

Question 2

Which of Newton’s laws state, for every action the always an opposite and equal reaction?

Answer 2

Newton’s 3rd Law

Question 3

The name of the first satellite was?

Answer 3

Sputnik

Question 4

The formula for Newton’s second laws states?

Answer 4

Force=mass x acceleration

Question 5

Which law states objects at rest remain at rest and objects in motion remain in motion unless acted on an unbalanced force?

Answer 5

Newton’s 1st Law

Question 6

Newton’s 1st Laws is also known as?

Answer 6

Inertia

Question 7

Which part stabilizes the lower half of a rocket?

Answer 7

Fins

Question 8

Air drag is defined as?

Answer 8

Friction caused by the air

Question 9

The very top of the rocket is called a?

Answer 9

Nose cone

Question 10

Two objects are rolling down the same hill, object A weighs 50 kg and object B weighs 30 kg. Which object will reach the bottom first? Why?

Answer 10

Object A because it has more mass.

Question 11

A system that has sections of the rocket fall off after all of it’s fuel is burned is known as?

Answer 11

Staging

Question 12

Firing multiple engines at once is called?

Answer 12

Clustering

Question 13

STS stands for what regarding the space shuttle?

Answer 13

Space Transportation System

Question 14

What are the two types of rocket fuel commonly used today?

Answer 14

solids and liquids

Question 15

Why are solid rockets more dangerous then liquid rockets?

Answer 15

Once started solid rockets can not be stopped until all the fuel is burned.

Question 16

Werner Von Braun started his rocket career in which country?

Answer 16

Germany

Question 17

Why did NASA stop painting the shuttle’s external fuel tank after STS-1?

Answer 17

The paint provided no additional protection and added too much weight.

Question 18

We sanded the bottle to help?

Answer 18

The hot glue stick to our rockets.

Question 19

Astronauts train for their missions in a neutral buoyancy tank filled with?

Answer 19

water

Question 21

In space all liquids take on what shape due to surface tension?

Answer 21

A sphere

Question 22

True or false - If you are in space and throw a football 50 m.p.h., one hour later it will still be traveling 50 m.p.h.? Why or why not?

Answer 22

True - Newton’s 1st Law objects in motion stay in motion

Question 23

Most rockets fall back down to Earth with the aide of what to slow them down?

Answer 23

Parachute

Question 24

A g-force the measurement of?

Answer 24

Gravity

Question 25

A 100 lb. person experiencing 8 g's will feel like they weigh?

Answer 25

800 lbs.

Question 26

The moon's gravity is how much less then Earth's gravity?

Answer 26

1/6th

Question 27

The largest rocket ever built was called?

Answer 27

Saturn V

Question 28

The first space telescope placed in orbit around the Earth is called?

Answer 28

Hubble Space Telescope

Question 29

The study of why things are the way they are and do the things they do is called?

Answer 29

Science

Question 30

The practical application of knowledge used to create new products is?

Answer 30

Technology

Question 31

To calculate a rockets altitude which field of mathematics is used?

Answer 31

Trigonometry

Question 32

How high something is off the ground is called?

Answer 32

Altitude

Question 33

If a person on Earth weighs 100 lbs. how much will they weigh on the space station?

Answer 33

zero lbs.

Question 34

What complex in space is larger then a football field and is used to conduct hundreds of scientific experiments?

Answer 34

International Space Station

Question 35

Who designed the Saturn V rocket?

Answer 35

Werner Von Braun

Question 36

The first American to orbit the Earth?

Answer 36

John Glenn

Question 37

The first human to orbit the Earth?

Answer 37

Yuri Gagarin

Question 38

The first man to step on the Moon?

Answer 38

Neil Armstrong

Question 39

Which man was the second to step on the Moon?

Answer 39

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

Question 40

America's first sub orbital flight was made by?

Answer 40

Alan Shepard

Question 41

The first living creature in earth orbit was what kind of animal?

Answer 41

a dog named Laika

Question 42

Spacecraft use what type of force to slow down during re-entry _before_ the parachutes can be used for the final minutes of flight?

Answer 42

drag or friction

Question 43

Sputnik

Answer 43

The name of the first satellite

Question 44

Friction caused by the air

Answer 44

drag

Question 45

a dog named Laika

Answer 45

The first living creature in earth orbit was what kind of animal?