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Rocket Forces
By: Jonathon Gardner & Josh
Flores
Newton’s Laws of Motion
• 1st Law
– The rocket travels at a constant speed until air
resistance and gravity act against it.
• 2nd Law
– The acceleration of our rocket was based on the
mass, air resistance, and shape of the rocket.
• 3rd Law
– The more pressure inside of the bottle = the further its
travel
Force
• The weight of the rocket creates a gravitational force
exerted on the rocket, as well as the air resistance acting
on the object which depends on the rocket’s mass.
Speed & Velocity
Acceleration
• The rocket accelerated positively due to
the force of air pressure as it was
launched, and had a negative acceleration
as it came to a stop.
Gravity
• The rocket is pulled toward the center of the earth by a
gravitational force depending on the distance the rocket
is to earth’s center and the mass of the rocket.
• Gravity causes the rocket to fall towards earth.
Air Resistance
•
The air resistance acts against the rocket in the
direction opposite that the rocket travels.
• The amount of air resistance on the rocket depends on
the size, shape, and speed of the rocket, along the
properties of the air.
Cost