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Vocabulary question: the “curved”surface where a liquid contacts the wall of a container

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Meniscus

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Vocabulary question: The amount of force that acts on the given area of an object

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Pressure

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Vocabulary question: The transfer of heat through a fluid

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Convection

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Vocabulary question: The increased attraction among particles at the surface of a liquid

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Surface tension

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Vocabulary question: A fluid system that uses a liquid to perform a task

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Hydraulic

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Vocabulary question: A push or pull acting on an Object

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Force

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Vocabulary question: A measurement of the amount of space occupied by an object

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Volume

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Vocabulary question: The fluid system that uses a gas to perform a task

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Pneumatic

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Vocabulary question: The upward force that a fluid exerts on an object

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Buoyancy

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Vocabulary question: A decrease in the volume of matter caused by a force

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Compression

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The definition of viscosity is_________________

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The state of being thick/sticky, due to internal friction

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Name Three at a distant forces

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Gravity magnetic electrostatic

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Name three contact forces

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Tension friction elastic

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Things that use hydraulics

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Heart Toothpaste Sprinkler

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Things that use pneumatics

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Vacuum Nail gun rocket

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Describe gas using the kinetic molecular theory

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Particles move freely

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Describe liquid using Kinetic molecular theory

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Particles Closer together

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Describes solid using kinetic molecular theory

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Locked together in a specific pattern

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Which states of matter are not easily compressible

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Solid, liquid

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Why are solids and liquids not easily compressible

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Because the particles are too close together

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