Chapter 3 | Intro To Fluids And Pressure

Question 1

What is a fluid?

Answer 1

A substance that can flow or spread.

Question 2

In Liquids, how could the bonds between the particles in a fluid allow it to flow, spread and form to a container?

Answer 2

Liquids have weak bonds;

Particles roll over each other

Question 3

In Gases, how could the bonds between the particles in a fluid allow it to flow, spread and form to a container?

Answer 3

Gases have no bonds;

The particles move in every direction

Question 4

What’s a mixture called in either a gas or liquid with suspended solids?

Answer 4

It’s called a Colloid:

Mixture with suspended solids, it’s a fluid.

Question 5

Tiny solids: will they continually flow to form to its container? i.e. are they fluids?

Answer 5

Not fluids; they form piles, but do not flow into the whole container.