How a Rocket Pushes Up
- Science
- Class 4–8
- 3D model
- AR card
- English
Inspect a schematic liquid-fueled sounding rocket with separate fuel and oxidizer tanks. The orange arrow follows exhaust; the mint arrow shows thrust.
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Also called
rocket · Space
What to look for
- A rocket accelerates by pushing exhaust gases in the opposite direction.
- Chemical rockets carry fuel and an oxidizer, so they can operate in space.
- The payload is the equipment the rocket carries, such as a science experiment.
Try this
Locate the nozzle, fuel tank, oxidizer tank, and payload. Explain why the thrust and exhaust arrows point in opposite directions.
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About this model
A GLB file of about 246 KB, 7,616 triangles, shown in Lably's 3D viewer and, on a phone, placed in your room with AR. Credit: Lably-authored schematic teaching model. See /ar-library/credits.html.
