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Forces in Fluids
Exploring Physical Science chapter 14 vocabulary
definition | Vocabulary word |
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machine that takes advantage of the fact that pressure is transmitted equally in all directions in a liquid | hydraulic devices |
force that acts over a certain area | pressure |
upward force in a fluid that exists because the pressure of a fluid varies with depth | buoyant force |
explanation that the pressure in a moving stream of fluid is less than the pressure in the surrounding fluid | Bernoulli's principle |
measurement of how much mass is contained in a given volume of an object; mass per unit volume | density |
explanation that says that the buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object | Archimedes' Principle |