Pressure
Buoyancy
Forces in Fluids
Bill Nye
Vocabulary
100

The formula for pressure is 

What is force / area

100

If the weight of a submerged object is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid, the object will have _____________ buoyancy

What is negative buoyancy

100

The mass per unit volume of a substance  

What is its density

100

What does displace mean? 

What is to push to the sides?

100

Materials that can easily flow

What  are fluids

200

SI unit for pressure

What is Pascal

200

A change in pressure at any given point in a fluid is transmitted equally and unchanged in all directions throughout the fluid

What is Pascal's Principle

200

Fluids include

What are liquid and gases

200

Pressure is exerted equally in all _________ 

What is directions

200

An instrument used to measure air pressure  

What is a barometer

300

Water pressure ________ as depth increases

What is increases

300

A boat will sink if the weight of the water that it displaces is _______ than the weight of the boat itself.

What is less

300

As the speed of a fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid ________

What is decreases

300

The buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid it displaced. 

What is Archimedes' Principle

300

A force that particles of a fluid exert over a certain area due  to their weight and motion

What is pressure

400

Air pressure increases as 

What is altitude decreases

400

Why is salt water more dense than fresh water?

What is because salt adds to the density 

400

When something is negatively buoyant, it will ______

What is sink

400

Because of gravity, fluid pressure increases with

What is depth

400

An upward force exerted by a fluid on a submerged object

What is a buoyant force

500

Heating a fluid causes its pressure to _______

What is increase

500

Fluid pressure is equal in ___________ ________

What is all directions

500

An example of fluids moving from areas of higher pressure to areas of lower pressure

What is:  a straw, breathing / lungs vacuum cleaner, fan

500

When an object is less dense than fluid, the object will ______

What is float

500

The ability of a fluid to exert an upward force on an object placed in it 

What is buoyancy