C3 - Fluid Viscosity

Question 1

What property is a measure of resistance to movement?

Answer 1

Viscosity

Question 2

What affects the viscosity of Newtonian fluids?

Answer 2

Temperature

Question 3

What affects the viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids?

Answer 3

Shear forces

Question 4

What happens to the viscosity of Newtonian liquids when the temperature is increased?

Answer 4

Their viscosity decreases

Question 5

What causes the viscosity of Newtonian liquids to decrease?

Answer 5

Increasing the temperature

Question 6

What happens to the viscosity of Newtonian gases when the temperature is increased?

Answer 6

Their viscosity increases

Question 7

What is viscosity a measure of?

Answer 7

Resistance to movement

Question 8

What causes the viscosity of a Newtonian gas to increase?

Answer 8

Increasing the temperature

Question 9

What causes the viscosity of a Newtonian gas to decrease?

Answer 9

Decreasing the temperature

Question 10

What causes the viscosity of a Newtonian liquid to increase?

Answer 10

Decreasing the temperature

Question 11

What are the two types of Non-Newtonian fluids?

Answer 11

Shear-thickening and shear-thinning

Question 12

What are type of fluids are shear-thickening and shear-thinning fluids?

Answer 12

Non-Newtonian

Question 13

What causes the viscosity of a shear-thickening fluid to increase?

Answer 13

Applying a shear force (shaking, stirring, compressing) to the fluid

Question 14

What happens to a shear-thickening fluid when a shear force is applied to it?

Answer 14

The viscosity of the fluid increases

Question 15

What causes the viscosity of a shear-thinning fluid to decrease?

Answer 15

Applying a shear force (shaking, stirring, compressing) to the fluid

Question 16

What happens to a shear-thinning fluid when a shear force is applied to it?

Answer 16

The viscosity of the fluid decreases