Science: Final Flashcards
Section 1: Pressure
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Pressure
the force pushing on a surface
Pressure formula
Force/Area
Pressure unit
N/cm^2
Pascal
Newton per square meter
Archimedes’ Principle
A submerged object displaces, or takes the place of a volume of fluid equal to it’s own value.
Archimedes’ Principle in relationship to the buoyant force…
Buoyant force= weight of the displaced fluid
Q: If the buoyant force on an object in water is equal to the object’s weight the object will….
float
Q: At higher elevations, air pressure is…
less because there is less air above
Q: The buoyant force…
acts upward against the force of gravity
Q: As depth increases, water pressure…
increases
Q: When would you exert less pressure on the floor? When your entire body is lying down on the floor, or when you are standing up. Why?
When your entire body is lying down on the floor because you exert a large mass on a larger area, spreading out your body’s mass and therefore exerting less pressure.
Q: You have a closed bottle of soda . The force on the bottle cap due to the carbonation of the soda is 45 N. If the area of the bottle cap is 15 cm^2, what is the pressure on the cap? (Show work)
(Use formula)
45/15 = 3 N/cm^2
Q: You suspend a pencil sharpener from a spring scale. It’s weight is 20.00 N. Next, you immerse the pencil sharpener in a tank of water. The pencil sharpener appears to weigh 17.5 N. What is the buoyant force acting on the pencil sharpener? Does it sink or float? Why? (Show work?
(Formula = normal weight - submerged weight)
20 - 17.5 = 2.5 N
The pencil sharpener sinks because the buoyant force is less than the object’s weight.
Q: An empty soda can is left on a table. The can is closed and surrounding room pressure is normal. Compare the pressure inside the can to the pressure outside the can. Explain your reasoning.
The pressure inside the can is greater to the pressure outside the can. The force is unequal because the pressure is acting in all directions, but only inside the can. This will cause the can to explode.
Q: Explain why you seem to weigh more on land than in water
You seem lighter in water because the buoyant force is pushing up against gravity. On land there is no buoyant force.
Q: Atmospheric pressure is the pressure exerted by the weight of air in the atmosphere of Earth. It is approximately 14.7 psi. Explain why we do not feel this pressure.
We don’t feel this pressure because the fluids inside out bodies balance the pressure outside.
Section 2: Temperature and Thermal Energy
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Temperature
Measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object.
Thermal Energy
Total internal energy of a substances particles due to their movement. Depends on substances temperature, number of particles in amount, and particle arrangement.
Conductor
Material/substance that transfers thermal energy easily
Insulator
Material/substance that does not transfer thermal energy easily
Convection
Up and down movement of fluids caused by heat transfer.
Convection Current
The heating, cooling, expanding, and contracting process of fluids transferring heat.
heated = becomes less dense and rises
cooled = becomes more dense and sinks
The stages on a changes of state chart
solid, freezing/melting, liquid, condensation/vaporization, gas
Q: The process by which heat is transferred from one particle of matter to another without the movement of matter itself is called…
conduction
Q: In which direction does heat move?
higher temperature to lower
Q: Which method of heat transference does not require matter to transfer thermal energy
radiation
Q: Heat is a transfer of
thermal energy
Q: 42 degrees Fahrenheit is how many degrees Celcius?
5.556