Characteristics of Fluids
Flow Rate and Viscosity
Our Body Fluids
Vocabulary
Anybody's Guess
100
This theory helps to explain what matter is made of and how it behaves.
What is the particle theory of matter?
100
A measure of how quickly fluids move.
What is flow rate?
100
Acts as a transport system.
What is blood?
100
The study of fluids and how they behave when at rest and when moving.
What is fluid mechanics?
100
The flow rate if it takes 10 seconds to fill up a 2 L container.
What is 2L/10s or 1L/5s?
200
Has a definite shape and volume.
What is a solid?
200
An example of the mathematical relationship of volume per unit time.
What is L/s or mL/s?
200
Percentage of water in our bodies.
What is 60-70%
200
A part of the study of fluid mechanics concerned with how fluids move.
What is fluid dynamics?
200

What was the score of the first Habs/Leafs Game?

3 - 2 for Montreal!

300
These particles are more free to move about but do not always take the shape of their container.
What is a liquid?
300
A measure of how easily a fluid's particles are able to slide past one another.
What is viscosity?
300
This fluid cools our body.
What is sweat?
300
A part of fluid dynamics concerned with how gases move.
What is aerodynamics?
300
One of the most important fluid movements in the body but we generally do not think about it much.
What is blood flow?
400
These particles have large spaces between them and are free to fill any container.
What is a gas?
400
A measure of how strongly the particles of a fluid attract each other.
What is cohesion?
400
This fluid aids in chemical digestion.
What is stomach acid?
400
A part of fluid dynamics concerned with how liquids move.
What is hydrodynamics?
400

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see one single person on the boat. Why?  

The people are all married.

500
Materials that have no fixed shape and are free to flow such as liquids and gases.
What are fluids?
500
The attraction between the particles of one substance and the particles of another substance.
What is adhesion?
500

Eliminates dissolved wastes from the body.

Urine

500
A smooth shape designed to decrease resistance to fluid flow.
What is streamlined?
500
High viscosity fluids leads to what kind of flow rate?
What is a slower flow rate?
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