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PhysicalScience7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fluid | Any material that can flow and that takes the shape of its container |
| Pressure | The amount of force exerted on a given area |
| Pascal | The SI unit for pressure |
| Atmospheric Pressure | The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere |
| Density | The amount of amtter in a certain volume, or mass per unit volume |
| Pascal's Principle | States that change in pressure at any point in an enclosed fluid will be transmitted equally to all parts of the fluid |
| Buoyant Force | The upward force that fluids exert on all matter |
| Archimedes' Principle | States that the buoyant force on an object in a fluid is an upward force equal to the weight of the volume of fluid that an object displaces. |
| Bernoulli's Principle | States that as the speed of moving fluid increases, its ressure decreases |
| Lift | An upward force on an object that opposes the downward pull of gravity; differences in pressure above and below the object contribute to lift |
| Thrust | The forward force produced by an airplanes engine |
| Drag | The force that opposes or restricts motion in a fluid |