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Beginner's Guide to Rockets
Gas Pressure - Worksheet
- Before you begin: Observation of pop can at room
temperature.
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- Observation of pop can with boiling water.
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- Observation of pop can after inverting it in ice
water.
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- Sketch diagrams of the pop can as it appeared: at room temp ,
with boiling water, and immersed in ice water.
Note: A larger arrow should symbolize a larger force than a
smaller arrow.
- Explain how air pressure changed the pop can during the
procedure.
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Is the pop can empty? ________ Explain.
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A. What happens to gas pressure as exhaust travels through a rocket nozzle?
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B. How does molecular motion change through the nozzle?
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C. What is one function of a rocket engine?
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- After studying gas pressure and rocket engines, list
three questions that you or you and your lab partners now have
about this topic.
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