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ROCKET SCIENCE
Astronomy - Chapter 5 Section 1
1. WHO LAUNCHED THE FIRST LIQUID FUELED
ROCKET?
A. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
B. Robert Goddard
C. NASA
D. The Soviet Union
ANSWER
B. Robert Goddard
2. THE PUSHING OR PULLING FORCE EXERTED
BY A ROCKET ENGINE IS…
A. rocket
B. orbital velocity
C. escape velocity
D. thrust
ANSWER
D. thrust
3. WHAT BURNS FUEL AND USES ESCAPING
GASES TO MOVE?
A. Rocket
B. Orbital velocity
C. Escape velocity
D. Thrust
ANSWER
A. Rocket
4. THE SPEED NEEDED TO BREAK AWAY FROM A
PLANET’S GRAVITY IS…
A. Rocket
B. Orbital velocity
C. Escape velocity
D. Thrust
ANSWER
C. Escape Velocity
5. THE SPEED NEEDED TO TRAVEL AROUND A
PLANET IS…
A.Rocket
B. Orbital velocity
C. Escape velocity
D. Thrust
ANSWER
B. Orbital Velocity
6. WHO IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF
ROCKET THEORY?
A. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
B. Robert Goddard
C. NASA
D. The Soviet Union
ANSWER
A. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
7. WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1958
THAT STUDIES SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN THE
UNITED STATES?
A. The Air Force
B. The NHL
C. NASA
D. The Coast Guard
ANSWER
C. NASA
8. WHAT FACTOR MUST A ROCKET OVERCOME TO
REACH ESCAPE VELOCITY?
A. Earth’s axial tilt
B. Earth’s gravity
C. the thrust of its engines
D. Newton’s third law of motion
ANSWER
B. Earth’s gravity
9. FROM WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
COUNTRIES DID THE U.S. GET MANY OF ITS
ROCKET SCIENTISTS AFTER WORLD WAR II?
A. Britain
B. Germany
C. Switzerland
D. France
ANSWER
B. Germany
10. NEWTON’S THIRD LAW OF MOTION STATES THAT FOR
EVERY ACTION THERE IS AN…
A. eventual and opposing reaction.
B. unknown reaction.
C. equal and opposite reaction.
D. explosive action.
ANSWER
C. equal and opposite reaction.
11. TO BURN ITS FUEL IN THE VACUUM OF
OUTER SPACE, A ROCKET MUST CARRY…
A.
sodium.
B. carbon dioxide.
C. nitrogen.
D. oxygen.
ANSWER:
• D. oxygen
12. ROCKETS MOVE ACCORDING TO
NEWTON’S…
• A. First Law of Motion
• B. Second Law of Motion
• C. Third Law of Motion
• D. None of the above
ANSWER:
• C. Third Law of Motion
13. WHICH ROCKET IS THE ANCESTOR OF ALL
MODERN ROCKETS?
• A. The V-2 Rocket
• B. The Mercury-Atlas
• C. The Delta
• D. The Space Shuttle
ANSWER:
• A. The V-2 Rocket
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