SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

SPACE EXPLORATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rockets move forward because
A
they have a streamlined nose cone
B
they have a three-stage booster system
C
gas is propelled out the back of the rocket
D
they are lighter than air
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Like most engines, rockets burn fuel. Most rocket engines turn the fuel into hot gas. The engine pushes the gas out its back. The gas makes the rocket move forward.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a rocket engine, fuel and a source of oxygen, called an oxidizer, are mixed and exploded in a combustion chamber. The combustion produces hot exhaust which is passed through a nozzle to accelerate the flow and produce thrust.

Detailed explanation-3: -We know that by newton’s third law of motion, Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So as the fuel burns it escapes from the nozzle towards the earth. So the gases exert an equal and opposite force on the rocket. So this propels the rocket vertically upward.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like an airplane’s jet engine, a rocket creates thrust by expelling mass to take advantage of Sir Isaac Newton’s third law (see above). In both systems, combustion increases the temperature of gas in the engine, whereupon it expands and rushes out through a nozzle. The vehicle is accelerated in the opposite direction.

Detailed explanation-5: -The propulsion of all rockets, jet engines, deflating balloons, and even squids and octopuses is explained by the same physical principle: Newton’s third law of motion. Matter is forcefully ejected from a system, producing an equal and opposite reaction on what remains. Another common example is the recoil of a gun.

Detailed explanation-6: -This force that pushes a rocket is called thrust.

Detailed explanation-7: -When a rocket burns propellants and pushes out exhaust, that creates an upward force called thrust. To launch, the rocket needs enough propellants so that the thrust pushing the rocket up is greater than the force of gravity pulling the rocket down.

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