Study Guide Questions for Module 500–Flight Technology



Day 1

1. The first people to use rockets were ________________________________________________.

2. Who were the first to use rockets as a weapon of war? _____________________________________________

3. The Father of U.S. rocketry was _________________________________________________________.

4. _____________________________________________ introduced the rocket to Europe in the early 1200s.

5. _____________________________________________ was the first man-made object launched into space.

6. ____________________________________ started the “Space Race” between the Soviet Union and the United States.

7. ________________________________________________________________ was the first American astronaut in space.

8. During the Apollo 11 mission, two men landed on the moon on July 20, __________.

9. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” was radioed back to Earth from __________________________.

10. Skylab's mission was to provide an orbiting laboratory to study ___________________________________________.

Day 2

1. Sir Isaac Newton was a ____________________________________________.

2. What is Newton’s Third Law? ________________________________________________________________________

3. The law that explains what makes a rocket move is ________________________________________________________.

4. What is a form of rocket propellant? _______________________________________________________________

5. Fuel needs ___________________________________________________________________________ to burn in space.

6. _________________________________________________________________ is the act or process of burning.

Day 3

1. ____________________________________________________ is the force of gravity acting upon an object.

2. The forward movement of an object through the air is caused by ___________________________________________.

3. Which aerodynamic force slows a rocket down? ___________________________________________________

4. The _____________________________________the body of the rocket, the more drag will be created.

5. An object moving through the air will be slowed down by _______________________________________________.

6. Which part of a rocket creates drag? _______________________________________________________________

7. The science of how an object moves through air is called __________________________________________.

8. Speeds lower than the Speed of Sound are called _________________________________________________.

9. Airplane wings create ________________________________________________________________________.

10. A rocket is controlled in flight by the __________________________________________________________.

11. The best shape for the nose cone of your rocket is a ____________________________________ tip.

Day 4

1. A stable rocket ____________________________________________________________________.

2. The balancing point for the weight of the rocket is called the Center of ____________________________.

3. What is the danger of adding fins near the nose cone of the rocket? ____________________________________________

4. A _________________________________________________ is a support upon which an object balances.

5. The Center of _________________________________ exists only when an object is moving through the air.

6. For greater stability, the Center of Gravity and the Center of Pressure should be moved ____________________________.

7. Combining fuel with an oxidizer creates _______________________________________________________________.

Day 5

1. Fixed fins are an example of which type of control system? _____________________________________________

2. Movable fins and movable exhausts can be used to _________________________________________________________.

Day 6

1. You can check the stability of your model rocket by performing a simple exercise called the ________________________.

2. It is the job of the ___________________to test the rocket before launch.

3. The law that explains what makes a rocket move is _______________________________________________.

4. Movable fins and movable exhausts can be used to ____________________________________________.

Day 7

1. An airplane wing is _______________________________________________on the top and flat on the bottom.

2. The angle between an airplane's wing and the flow of air is the ________________________________________.

3. Tangent x distance = ___________________________________.

4. The angle at which the rocket is launched is called the angle of _________________________________________.

5. Calculating by triangulation is one method of determining the _____________________________ of a rocket.

Day 8

1. Pioneers of flight use ___________________________to improve design.

2. A document called a ____________________________ is often used to solve a design problem.

Day 9

1. ________________________________________ was the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world.

Day 10

1. _________________________________ first described space stations as the means by which people would live in space.

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