chapter 3 Flashcards
a non solid state of matter in which the atoms or molecules are free to move past eachother, as in a gas or a liquid
fluid
the amount of force exerted per unit area of a surface
pressure
the SI unit of pressure
Pascal
the pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere
atmospheric pressure
the upward force that keeps an object immersed in or floating on a liquid
buoyant force
the principal that states that the buoyant force on an object in a fluid is an upward force equal to the weight of volume of fluid that the object displaces
archimedes’ principle
the principle that states that the pressure in a fluid decreases as the fluid’s velocity increases
bernoulli’s pirnciple
the pushing or pulling force exerted by the engine of an aircraft or rocket
thrust
a force parallel to the velocity of the flow; it opposes the direction of an aircraft and, incombonation with thrust, determines the speed of the aircraft
drag
the principle that states that a fluid in equilibrium contained in a vessel exerts a pressure of equal intensity in all directions
Pascal’s principle