| 1. |
Rockets were first
used as: |
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Weapons |
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Firecrackers |
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Signals |
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| 2. |
The AIM-9
Sidewinder has a ________ guidance system. |
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Radar |
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Visual |
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Heat-Seeking |
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| 3. |
This man invented
the V-2 Rocket: |
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Robert Goddard |
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Wherner von Braun |
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William Congreve |
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| 4. |
ICBM stands for: |
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Inner Crust Boring
Mole |
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Inner Continental Ballistic
Missile |
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Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile |
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| 5. |
The AIM-9
Sidewinder has this many main parts: |
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9 |
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13 |
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4 |
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| 6. |
NASA built this
many shuttles: |
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3 |
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8 |
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5 |
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| 7. |
This was the first space probe put
into space: |
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Explorer |
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Sputnik |
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Gemini 4 |
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| 8. |
This country used
the V-2 rocket: |
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USA |
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Germany |
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Soviet Union |
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| 9. |
Goddard invented
the first: |
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Solid Fuel Rocket |
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Plasma Rocket |
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Liquid Fuel Rocket |
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| 10. |
What is the normal
ratio of oxidant to propellant in a liquid fueled
rocket? |
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3:1 |
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1:2 |
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2:1 |
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| 11. |
On July 20, ____,
the men of Apollo __ landed on the moon for the
first time in history |
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1969, 10 |
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1971, 11 |
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1969, 11 |
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| 12. |
Which is not a
component in the set of chemicals used to generate
thrust in a liquid rocket? |
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Electricity |
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Pressurant |
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Oxidizer |
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| 13. |
If a rocket motor
is ranked as a C10-3, what is its average thrust? |
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C |
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10 |
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3 |
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| 14. |
Which probe is
leaving our solar system? |
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Pioneer |
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Voyager |
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Pathfinder |
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| 15. |
What is the
substance that allows a propellant to burn in a
vacuum? |
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Pressurant |
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Sterilizer |
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Oxidizer |
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| 16. |
What pushes a solar
sail forward? |
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Photons |
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Propellant |
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Matter |
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| 17. |
Which of the
following is not an example of a recovery deice used
in a model rocket? |
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Balloons |
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Parachute |
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Streamer |
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| 18. |
Which would have a
higher velocity at the end of one year - a
conventional liquid rocket or a solar sail? |
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Rocket |
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Solar Sail |
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Same velocity |
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| 19. |
What does NASA
stand for? |
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New Age Space
Association |
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Nasty Animals of
San Francisco |
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National
Aeronautical and Space Administration |
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| 20. |
Who was the
"father of rocketry?" |
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Von Braun |
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Glenn |
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Goddard |
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Extra Credit |
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This site was
created by |
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The CIA |
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Peter, Will, Jeff,
Sandy, and Shaunak |
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A monkey named
Bruce |
