Fluids Flashcards
(20 cards)
Vocabulary question: the “curved”surface where a liquid contacts the wall of a container
Meniscus
Vocabulary question: The amount of force that acts on the given area of an object
Pressure
Vocabulary question: The transfer of heat through a fluid
Convection
Vocabulary question: The increased attraction among particles at the surface of a liquid
Surface tension
Vocabulary question: A fluid system that uses a liquid to perform a task
Hydraulic
Vocabulary question: A push or pull acting on an Object
Force
Vocabulary question: A measurement of the amount of space occupied by an object
Volume
Vocabulary question: The fluid system that uses a gas to perform a task
Pneumatic
Vocabulary question: The upward force that a fluid exerts on an object
Buoyancy
Vocabulary question: A decrease in the volume of matter caused by a force
Compression
The definition of viscosity is_________________
The state of being thick/sticky, due to internal friction
Name Three at a distant forces
Gravity magnetic electrostatic
Name three contact forces
Tension friction elastic
Things that use hydraulics
Heart Toothpaste Sprinkler
Things that use pneumatics
Vacuum Nail gun rocket
Describe gas using the kinetic molecular theory
Particles move freely
Describe liquid using Kinetic molecular theory
Particles Closer together
Describes solid using kinetic molecular theory
Locked together in a specific pattern
Which states of matter are not easily compressible
Solid, liquid
Why are solids and liquids not easily compressible
Because the particles are too close together
