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    Fizzy Rockets Name Olivia Hagaman

    You will determine which recipe will launch the rocket with the most force..
    The alka seltzer has Hydrogen Carbonate which reats together to produce gas (CO2). The gas
    can be compressed and acts like a spring, launching the rocket when the cap releases.
    Reaction: HCO3– (aq) + H+ (aq) → H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
    Clean up remaining tablet as they may be hazardous to animals

    Independent variable: Water


    Dependent variable: height of rocket

    Hypothesis: The best recipe to launch the rocket the highest will be by adding 7 ml of
    water.
    Procedure:
    1. For each ml value in the table below we will launch rockets using ¼ tablet of alka seltzer
    2. Keep the cap and where it seals dry if possible. If you have too much liquid it will not
    work. ( no room for gas pressure to build up).

    3. Put it next to the building before launching (deck). To estimate the height: Line at
    top of (yellow part of building) 1st floor ceiling =3m; ceiling 2nd floor =6m;
    roofline= 9m

    Results
    Your group’s Data:
    ml water used Height (m) (use .5m
    accuracy)

    5 3

    7 9

    9 6

    8 9
    Paste this table into a blank sheets file, click and drag to highlight whole table, Click insert>
    chart. Copy the graph and paste it below

    Analysis Questions:
    1. What produced the energy for the rocket?
    Chemical reaction producing gas

    2. Which objects were the action-reaction pair?

    The tablet and water made compressed gas,the reaction was the container flying up

    3. What slowed the rocket from accelerating?


    Wind, gravity, fluid, friction
    Make a claim on why 1 amount of water worked better than the other. Use specific evidence
    from the data table to support your claim. Reasoning should include using Newton’s 3rd Law,
    concepts of friction.

    Words and phrases to use and consider:

    Compressed
    Fluid friction
    Sliding friction
    Static friction
    Action, reaction pair
    Newton’s 3rd

    Example (do your own version below):


    Our hypothesis that 5ml of water would be the ideal amount of water was
    proven correct. The pressure that built up in the rocket needed space so that more
    air could be compressed and create a spring like effect to act as the action
    reaction pair. The rocket with the 5ml did not create excessive drag from the fluid
    friction dragging on the sides of the container and consistently reached close to
    9m high . The other rockets with more water only went 6m high or less. It seemed
    that the rocket also needed enough water so that the chemical reaction producing
    the gas could happen completely. With 4ml or less, we found that most of the
    tablet had not reacted to produce gas to overcome the static friction of the cap.

    Our hypothesis that 7 ml of water would be the ideal amount of water was
    proven right. The air pressure that built up in the rocket needed space so that
    more air could be compressed and create a spring like effect to act as the action
    reaction pair. The rocket with 5 ml did not create excessive drag from the fluid
    friction dragging on the sides of the container and consistently reached close to 3
    m high. The other rockets with more water only went 6m high or less. It seemed
    that less water and wind was affecting these lower heights the most.

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