When a Rocket Rises What Causes the Action Force

When A Rocket Rises What Causes The Action Force?

When a rocket rises, what causes the action force? the rocket expelling a gas. It’s the action force!

Which of the following forces is the reason why a rocket lifts off after air is forced out of the bottom of the rocket?

How does a rocket lift off the ground? As rockets lift off, they burn fuel & it pushes exhaust gases with a downward force against the earth and the gases push upward on the rocket in an equal and opposite force called thrust. Thrust has to be greater than the force of gravity for a rocket to lift off.

Sarah Jenkins

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