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Science of Speed – WebQuest (CO2 Dragster)
Goal: To use the Science of Speed website to learn the process of designing, manufacturing, testing, and racing a CO2-powered dragster.
Instructions: Complete this webquest by typing the appropriate information into the spaces provided. Print a copy of this assignment, with your name and period typed at the top of the page.
Go to the Science of Speed homepage and click on Learning > What is CO2 Racing?
1. How long is the track that CO2 cars are raced on?
2. What is placed in the back of a dragster to make it go down the track?
3. What keeps the dragsters from flying off the track?
Go to the Learning > Science for the following questions.
4. ______is a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.
5. The greater the ______of the car, the more energy required to get the stationary car moving.
6. If the masses of two cars are equal, then the winner will likely be the car with the least ______
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7. Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action (or force) there is an ______reaction (or opposing force) in the opposite direction.
Go to the Learning > Science > Friction for the following questions.
8. ______occurs between the wheel and the track surface, and between the wheel and axle or the axle and body material.
9. ______is a resistance to the forward motion of a body through a fluid (the air).
10. ______contributes to aerodynamic drag
Go to the Learning > Engineering for the following questions.
11. Every design starts with an ______
12. ______ are a detailed set of requirements.
13. A ______is an acceptable variance from the specified measurement.
Use the knowledge you have gained from completing this Web Quest to answer the following.
14. Explain what factors will make your car as fast as possible and win the race.
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