WEATHER ELEMENTS AVIATION WEATHER ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS CHEMICAL PROPULSION ORBITS AND TRAJECTORIES SPACE ENVIRONMT JEOPARDY

WEATHER ELEMENTS AVIATION WEATHER ROCKET FUNDAMENTALS CHEMICAL PROPULSION ORBITS AND TRAJECTORIES SPACE ENVIRONMT DOUBLE JEOPARDY

THIS AIR MASS CLASSIFICATION REFERS TO COLD DRY AIR CONTINENTAL POLAR RETURN

THESE ARE THE THREE BASIC CLOUD TYPES CUMULUS, STRATUS, AND CIRRUS RETURN

THESE CLOUDS ARE COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF ICE CRYSTALS CIRRUS (OR CIRROSTRATUS, OR CIRROCUMULUS) RETURN

THIS TYPE OF FOG IS FORMS WHEN THE WIND BLOWS MOIST AIR OVER A COLD SURFACE, AND THE SURFACE COOLS THE AIR TO ITS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE ADVECTION FOG RETURN

AIRPLANES IN CONTROLLED AIRSPACE MUST BE FLOWN UNDER THESE RULES IF THE CEILING IS BELOW 1,000 FEET AND/OR VISIBILITY IS LESS THAN 3 MILES INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES RETURN

THE SWIRLING AIR CURRENTS CREATED BY THE AIRCRAFT YOUR PLANE IS FOLLOWING ARE REFERRED TO AS WAKE TURBULENCE RETURN

THE THREE STAGES OF A THUNDERSTORM ARE CUMULUS (OR BUILDING), MATURE, AND DISSIPATING RETURN

TORNADOES OCCUR MOST OFTEN ON THESE TWO CONTINENTS NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA RETURN

THIS SCIENTIST GAVE US THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION ISAAC NEWTON RETURN

THIS MAN WAS THE FIRST TO USE LIQUID PROPELLANTS AND IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF MODERN ROCKETRY ROBERT GODDARD RETURN

THIS COUNTRY WAS THE FIRST TO USE ROCKETS AS A WEAPON OF WAR CHINA RETURN

THIS INVENTOR WAS THE FIRST TO ADD FLIGHT-STABILIZING GUIDE STICKS TO ROCKETS WILLIAM CONGREVE RETURN

THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN VERY RAPID OXIDATION COMBUSTION RETURN

THE SUBSTANCE TO BE OXIDIZED IS KNOWN AS THE REDUCER RETURN

THE HEART OF A LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET IS CALLED THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER RETURN

IF IGNITION IS SPONTANEOUS WHEN THE OXIDIZER AND FUEL COME INTO CONTACT, THE PROPELLANT IS CALLED HYPERGOLIC RETURN

THE POINT WHERE AN ORBITING BODY IS CLOSEST TO THE EARTH IS CALLED THE PERIGEE RETURN

THIS TERM REFERS TO ANY CLOSED ORBIT THAT IS NOT CIRCULAR ELLIPTICAL RETURN

A SPACECRAFT MUST BE ACCELERATED TO AT LEAST THIS SPEED IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE EARTH’S GRAVITATIONAL INFLUENCE 25,000 MPH RETURN

THE STUDY OF THE ARC OR TRAJECTORY FOLLOWED BY A NON-ORBITING BODY IS CALLED BALLISTICS RETURN

THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON IS CALLED CISLUNAR SPACE RETURN

THE PART OF THE SUN THAT GIVES OFF LIGHT IS A VERY THIN SHELL CALLED THE PHOTOSPHERE RETURN

THE SUN’S DIAMETER IS ALMOST THIS MANY MILES ONE MILLION (ACTUALLY 864,000) RETURN

THIS ZONE OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYERS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS WHERE THE AURORA BOREALIS OCCURS IONOSPHERE RETURN

THIS CLOUD TYPE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CUMULONIMBUS RETURN

A LOCAL DOWNDRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IS CALLED A MICROBURST RETURN

WARMING OF THE EAST PACIFIC OCEAN IS A WEATHER PHENOMENON CALLED EL NINO RETURN

WHEN AN AIRCRAFT IS SUBJECTED TO THIS LEVEL OF AIR TURBULENCE, PASSENGERS MUST WEAR SEAT BELTS, AND UNSECURED OBJECTS TEND TO MOVE ABOUT MODERATE RETURN

A HURRICANE WITH WINDS OF 160 MPH WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS THIS NUMBER ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE 5 RETURN

THIS SCALE IS USED TO CLASSIFY THE SEVERITY OF TORNADOES FUJITA-PEARSON TORNADO INTENSITY SCALE RETURN

THIS TYPE OF ICE HAS THE APPEARANCE OF FROST AND MAY FORM ON THE SURFACES OF AIRCRAFT FLYING IN STRATUS CLOUDS RIME ICE RETURN

PILOTS OF AIRCRAFT APPROACHING TO LAND ON A SNOW-COVERED SURFACE CAN BE SUBJECTED TO THIS CONDITION IF THERE IS ALSO ICE FOG, HAZE, OR BLOWING SNOW WHITE OUT RETURN

“TO EVERY ACTION, THERE IS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION” IS NEWTON’S ___ LAW OF MOTION THIRD RETURN

THIS ROCKET SYSTEM PROVIDES THE STREAMLINED SHAPE AND CONTAINS THE OTHER SYSTEMS AIRFRAME RETURN

THE NUMBER OF POUNDS OF THRUST DELIVERED BY CONCUMING ONE POUND OF PROPELLANT IN ONE SECOND IS REFERRED TO AS SPECIFIC IMPULSE RETURN

THIS RUSSIAN SCIENTIST MADE THE FIRST COMPUTATIONS FOR ROCKET FLIGHTS INTO SPACE KONSTANTIN TSIOLKOVSKY RETURN

THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF DEALING WITH STORAGE OF LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID HYDROGEN IS CALLED CRYOGENICS RETURN

THESE PARTS OF A ROCKET COMBUSTION CHAMBER ACCELERATE THE HOT GASES TO A HIGH EXIT SPEED THROAT AND NOZZLE RETURN

A ROCKET THAT USES BOTH LIQUID AND SOLID PROPELLANTS IN THE SAME ENGINE IS SAID TO USE THIS TYPE OF PROPELLANTS HYBRID RETURN

COMMON GUNPOWDER OR A METAL-OXIDIZER MIXTURE SUCH AS MAGNESIUM AND POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE ARE USE TO IGNITE SOLID ROCKETS. THE IGNITERS ARE CALLED SQUIBS RETURN

A ROCKET THAT IS SENT STRAIGHT UP TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS IS CALLED A SOUNDING ROCKET RETURN

WHEN A COMET IS AT ITS ORBITAL POSITION FARTHEST FROM THE SUN, IT IS SAID TO BE AT APHELION RETURN

THIS ELLIPTICAL ORBIT IS TANGENT TO A LOWER AND A HIGHER CIRCULAR ORBIT AND MAY BE USED TO TRANSFER A SPACECRAFT FROM ONE CIRCULAR ORBIT TO THE OTHER HOHMANN TRANSFER ORBIT RETURN

IF A SATELLITE’S ORBIT KEEPS IT DIRECTLY ABOVE ONE POINT ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE, THE ORBIT IS CALLED GEOSTATIONARY RETURN

CHARGED PARTICLES EMITTED BY THE SUN ARE TRAPPED IN THESE TWO ZONES AROUND THE EARTH VAN ALLEN BELTS RETURN

ANOTHER TERM FOR A DISTANCE OF 3.26 LIGHT YEARS IS PARSEC (PARALLAX SECOND) RETURN

THIS MILITARY UNIT TRACKS ORBITING DEBRIS THAT MIGHT COLLIDE WITH SPACECRAFT NORTH AMERICAN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND (NORAD) RETURN

THIS PART OF THE SUN IS AN AREA OF FAINT WHITE LIGHT THAT EXTENDS FOR 3 OR 4 MILLION MILES ABOVE THE PHOTOSPHERE CORONA RETURN