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Terminology and general info regarding rocket design.
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Uneven airflow around the rocket skin which increases the amount of drag is called _____?
Turbulent Air Flow
Laminar Air Flow
Drag
2
Unit of force = to force needed for acceleration of 1 meter per second to a mass of 1 kg is __?
Kelvin
Newton
Joule
3
The scientist in charge of developing the V-2 rocket used during World War II was _____?
Robert Goddard
Walter Hohmann
Wernher von Braun
4
This scientist is credited with creating the first successful liquid fuel rocket in America.
Robert Goddard
Wernher von Braun
Walter Hohmann
5
Force between a rocket and the air acting to slow the motion of the rocket is called _____?
Drag
Friction
Resistance
6
A self-propelled device that carries its own fuel is a _____?
Fuel cell
Rocket
Engine
7
The thrust and duration of the rocket engine burn is called _____?
Total impulse
Lift off
Extrapolation
8
These are small rocket engines used to change the speed or direction of a larger rocket.
Boosters
Thrusters
Impulse
9
Something that propels or provides thrust is called _____?
Extrapolation
Propellant
Altimeter
10
The point during rocket launch when the amount of thrust is greater than the mass of the rocket
Lift off
Ballast
Propel
11
The apparatus used to determine height is called a(n) _____?
Satellite
Radar
Altimeter
12
A first full-scale and functional form of a new design or invention is called _____?
Mock-up
Model
Prototype
13
The amount of matter in an object is called _____?
Volume
Weight
Mass
14
Force exerted on an object to move it in a specific direction is known as _____?
Thrust
Drag
Turbulence
15
The gravitational force exerted on an object is known as _____?
Drag
Weight
Mass
16
The rate of change of position with respect to time (speed in a specific direction) is called?
Altimeter
Vector
Velocity
17
The cargo carried on a rocket is known as _____?
Equipment
Freight
Payload
18
The _____ is the highest altitude of a rocket during flight.
Attitude
Apogee
Tangent
19
Smooth, non-turbulent airflow around the rocket skin is called _____?
Friction
Drag
Laminar Air Flow
20
Within the engineering field, limits are known as _____?
Restrictions
Constraints
Boundaries