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