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Beginner's Guide to Rockets

Gas Pressure - Worksheet

  1. Before you begin: Observation of pop can at room temperature.

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  2. Observation of pop can with boiling water.

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  3. Observation of pop can after inverting it in ice water.

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  4. 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.

  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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