Pressure Flashcards

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What are the 2 types of pressures exerted by fluids?

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Flow pressure and static pressure

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What is flow pressure?

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Rate of the flow of a liquid. Faster-moving particles create higher flow pressure.

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What is pressure, and how is it defined?

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A measurement of the amount of force per unit surface area

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How can flow pressure be increased, and what’s an example of this?

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Fluid in motion

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What is static pressure, and how is it created?

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Fluid not in motion

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