Two-Liter Bottle Rocket Proiect

The Project:
Your task for this project is to design and construct a rocket out of

two liter pop bottles. The goal is to construct a rocket that will fly the highest in the air and stay in the air the longest time
possible. Your rocket will be constructed using two liter bottles. You may add components to the bottle,

but the base bottle must be standard sized, and unchanged. This bottle will hold the water and compressed air that will be used to launch the rocket. Your rocket may include fins, parachutes, or other components you think will help it fly the best, as long as the rocket requirements below are met.
Calendar:

Date Thursday, April 5'n Monday, April 23'u Wednesday, April 25'n Wednesday April 25'n and Thursday April 26'n Monday, April 30'n Friday, May 4"

Assignment Proiect lntroduced Rockets Due in Class for Extra Points Rockets Due in Class Launch Davs ln-Class Work Day for Evaluation Report Evaluation Report, Design, and Data Table Due

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lf rockets are submitted after the due date. 1.0 points from the overall project grade will be deducted. lf they are not submitted by the last launch dav, the rocket will not be launched, and no points for the launching can be obtained. lf the evaluation report and materials are not submitted by the due date, five points will
be deducted for each dav thev are late.

Rocket Requirements:

1. 2.

The pressurized area of the rocket must be constructed from a 2-liter pop bottle. The structure of the pressurized portion must not be changed. (Do not heat the bottle,

3. 4. All energy from the rocket will come from the air and water. 5. lf parts of the rocket are designed to separate during flight, they should remain
connected together during the entire flight. Time will stop when the first part of the rocket touches the ground.

or try to change its shape) No metal parts can be used on the outside of the rocket.

6.

Hot glues, super glues, and epoxies cannot be used to attach components of the rocket to the pressurized portion of the rocket. Regular school glue or tape can be used.

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Your name and period number should be on your rocket. All safety rules must be strictly followed. Failure to do so will result in loss of points.

Grading:

Criteria
Rocket completed to standards and completed by due date Rocket functions on launch date Data table

Diagram of rocket design page (minimum) evaluation report One

Point Value 10 Points 5 Points 5 Points 5 Points L5 Points

Total:
Extra Points:

40 Points

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lf you bring your rocket to class on or before Monday, April 23'd, you will receive five bonus points. lf your design of your rocket is created using a computer and not hand-drawn, you will receive five bonus points.

Evaluation Report:
Your evaluation report should be one page minimum in length. lf you choose to type the

report, it must be double spaced and use Times New Roman or Arial font with a 12 point size. lf you choose to hand write your report, it should be written in blue or black ink, and your handwriting should be readable.
ln your report you need to:

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Explain the project

Describe how you designed your rocket

Explain the strengths and weaknesses of your rocket Explain how Newton's Laws of Motion relate to the function of your rocket

Submit the following as part of you evaluation report lin this orderlz

t. Cover Page 2. Design of Rocket 3. Data Table 4. Explanation Report

Name: Procedure:

Period:

1. 2. 3.

Decide where to cut the cup

to make your boat. Make sure your boat and your

partner's boats are different sizes.

Find the volume of each boat by filling it with water and pouring the water into a

graduated cylinder. Record the volume of your boat in milliliters (mL) on the data table. Decide how many weights to put in your boat. Each group can use 50 weights. Record

4.

the number of weights in the data table. Find the mass of your boat with the weights. Record the mass in the data table using
grams (g)

5. Place your boat in the water. Record if the boat sinks or floats. 6. Calculate the density of your boat. Remember, denistl,' : ffi Show your work. 7. Record the density of your boat in the data table. 8. lf your boat sank, try to decide what you can change to make your boat float. Write
down what you plan to change.

9.

Place your boat in the water again and record what happens.

L0. When finished, dry your

table. Throw away your cup, return your weights, and answer

the questions on the back.

Name:
Name:

Trial One
Height of Boat: Volume of Boat: Number of Weights: Mass:
Sink or Float?

Trial One
Height of Boat: Volume of Boat: Number of Weights
Mass: Sink or Float?

Density:

Density:

TrialTwo
Height of Boat: Volume of Boat: Number of Weishts:
Mass: Sink or Float?

Trial Two
Height of Boat: Volume of Boat: Number of Weights Mass: Sink or Float? Density:

Density:

Questions:

1.

Did the changes you made to your boat help it float? Why do you think they did or did

not?

2.

lf your boat sank, is it more dense or less dense than water?

Using what you observed about density, what can you infer has

3.

to be true for an object

to float in water?

4.

Describe the effects of your changes on the density of your boat.

Show your calculations below:

Speed Worksheet

Name

Period

Use the following equations to answer the following speed questions.

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Distance: Time X Velocity

Time : Distance/Velocity Velocity : Distance/Time

1. If

Steve throws the football 50 meters in 3 seconds, what is the average speed of the

football?

2. If 3.

it takes Ashley 3 seconds to run from the batters box to first base at an average speed of 6.5 meters per second, what is the distance she covers in that time?

Bart ran 5000 meters from the cops and an average speed he got caught. How long did he run?

of

6 meters/second before

4. If Justin races his Chevy S-10 down Highway

is his average speed?

37 for 2560 meters in 60 seconds, what

5. Mike rides his motorcycle at an average speed of 20 meters/second

how far did he ride?

for 500 seconds,

6.
7.

Sarah backstrokes at an average speed of 8 meters per second, how long

will it take

her to complete the race of 200 meters length?

Lauren's SUV was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour, how many kilometers per hour would she have been traveling over the limit if she had covered the a distance of 10 kilometers in 5 minutes? Tina's calculations of the tarantula found that the spider was able to cover 20 centimeters in 5 seconds, what was the average speed of the spider?

8.

Name:

Chemical Changes Lab

Materials:

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Ziplock Bag Film Canisters labeled A, B, and

C

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L. 2. 3.
Procedure:

A: Calcium Chloride
B: Baking Soda C: Phenolphthalein

Safety Goggles

Collect materials.
Open the bag.

Open container A and pour the material into one corner of the bag. DO NOT TOUCH
THE MATERIAL FROM CONTAINER

A!!!

4. Seal off one corner of the bag to keep other chemicals from entering the bag 5. Pour the materials from container B into the other corner of the bag. Keep the
materials in the two corners of the bag separate.

6. 7.
8.

Pour the contents of container C into the bag. Mix this material with the material from

container B. Seal offthe bag.

Feel

the mixture and write down your observations below:

9.

After recording your observations, mix the material from container A with the materials from containers B and C you have already mixed together. Feel the mixture and write down your observations below:

L0. Place the empty containers in the bucket for empty containers. 11. Throw the bag into the garbage. DO NOT OPEN THE BAG.
1.2.

Return your safety goggles.

13. Answer the questions on the back side of this page.

Questions: 1. The reaction between the Baking Soda and Phenolphthalein felt like they produced heat when they were mixed together. What type of chemical reaction is this?

2. The reaction between the Calcium Chloride when mixed with the Baking
Soda/Phenolphthalein felt like it got cold when they mixed together. What type of chemical reaction is this?

3.

During this experiment, there were several chemical reactions that took place. What evidence of chemical reactions did you see?

4.

How do you know the reaction that took place was a chemical reaction and not physical reaction?

Reading the Periodic Table and Identifying Isotopes

Element Name
Boron

Symbol
B
Ge

Atomic Number

Mass

Protons

Neutrons

Number t2
64 52

Isotope Name
Boron-12 Germanium64

Antimony
45
P

Antimony103

48 30
15 18 18

Argon
Osmium
76

t52
40 Bismuth-167

Y
Bismuth

Uranium184 74

Tungsten150

Strontium

Sr

76

t57
Seaborgium
Sg
Se

79

106

212
70 86

86

Californium
Cesium
Cs
55

Califomium200
110

Hf
Copernicium
112

74

114

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Class:

Date:

ID: A

Chapter L0 Test
Multiple Choice
Identifu the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. According

a. b. c. d.

to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses. the continents do not move. Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking. the continents were once joined together in a single landmass.

2.

What is Pangaea?

a. b. c. d. b. c. d.

the name of a German scientist the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago another name for continental drift the name of an ancient fossil

3.

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a a. landform.
continent.

fossil.
Iandmass.

4.

In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts

a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d.

along the edges ofall the continents. along mid-ocean ridges. in deep-ocean trenches. at the north and south poles.

5.

Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by

conduction.
earthquakes.

convection currents in the mantle. Earth's magnetic field.

6.

The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth's lithosphere (crust) are in constant, slow motion is the

theory

of

subduction. plate tectonics. deep-oceantrenches. sea-floor spreading.

7.

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a a. transform boundary. b. divergent boundary.

c. d.

convergent boundary.

rift vallev.

ID: A

8.

A collision between two pieces of continental crust is this type of boundary: a. Divergent Boundary b. ConvergentBoundary c. Transform Boundary
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as a. convection.

9.

b. c. d.

continental drift.
subduction. conduction.

10. A rift valley

forms at a

a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d.

convergent plate boundary

divergentplateboundary. transform boundary.

deep-oceantrench. away from each other is known as a

11. The place where two plates move

transform boundary. divergent boundary.
convergent boundary.

rift valley.
He had the evidence there was a reason the continents had moved, but he did not agree with his own evidence, so he rejected his own hypothesis. He could only explain that the continents had moved, but could not explain how they had moved. He could only explain how the continents moved, but did not have evidence to support that they actually moved. It was not rejected.

12.

Why was Wegener's hypothesis originally rejected?

a. b. c. d.

13. A

a. b. c. d. a. b. c. d.

crack in the Earth's crust where two plates form a boundary is known as a: Fault

Meeting Boundary

Collision Zone
Subduction Zone

14.

This geologic event often occurs when tension is released from along a transform boundary.
Tornado Tsunami Earthquake

Mudslide

Modified True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true orfalse. Iffalse, change the identified word or phrase to make the statement true.

15.

Oceanic crust near the mid-ocean ridge is younger than oceanic crust farther away from the ridge.

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16. Alfred

Wegener provided evidence from landforms, fossils, and climate in support of his theory of the shrinking Earth. ridges form the longest mountain ranges on Earth. boundary. two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions.

17. Mid-ocean

18. Along a divergent

Completion
Complete each statement. Use the words from the word bank, and each word

will only

be used one time.

19.

The hypothesis of supercontinent and have since drifted apart. The process of of the mid-ocean ridge.

was that all the continents once were joined as a single

20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

continually adds new crust to the ocsan floor along both sides

Subduction occurs where the oceanic crust bends down toward the mantle at a(n)

To support his hypothesis, Alfred Wegener provided evidence from ancient organisms preserved in rock.
Wegener believed that the continents had once been joined in one landmass called

, traces

of

The ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle in a process known as

ID: A
Short Answer Use the diagrams below to answer quesions 24 through 26.

25.

Describe what the sequence of maps A through D show. that have drifted apart from each other.

26. List two examples of continents 27.

Explain how fossils found in South America and fossils found in Africa of the same species are evidence Wegener's hlpothesis of continental drift.

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