Fluid Dynamics
What states that as the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure within that fluid decreases?
Bernoulli's Principle
What is the vocabulary term for the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance?
Temperature
What vocabulary word describes the highest point, or peak, of a transverse wave?
Crest/peak
What vocabulary term describes a mirror that curves inward like the inside of a bowl?
Concave Mirror
Every magnet has two areas where its magnetic force is strongest. What are these areas called?
Magnetic poles (North and South)
What is the term for the measure of a fluid's resistance to gradual deformation by shear or tensile stress (essentially, its "thickness")?
Viscosity
What term describes the transfer of thermal energy from a hotter object to a colder object?
Heat
What is the term for the number of wave cycles that pass a given point per second?
Frequency
According to the law of reflection, the angle of incidence is always equal to what other angle?
Angle of reflection
What basic rule of magnetism explains how two north poles will react when brought close to one another?
Like poles repel, unlike poles attract
According to the equation of continuity (A1v1 = A2v2), what happens to the velocity of an incompressible fluid when the cross-sectional area of the pipe is halved?
It doubles
What specific temperature scale starts at absolute zero (0 K)?
The Kelvin Scale
What type of wave causes particles to vibrate parallel to the direction the wave is traveling?
Longitudinal Wave
What type of image is formed where light rays don't actually meet, meaning it cannot be projected onto a screen?
Virtual Image
What is the vocabulary term for a long coil of wire wrapped into a cylinder that acts like a magnet when current flows through it?
Solenoid
What term describes a fluid flow that is chaotic, irregular, and characterized by swirling eddies? (e.g.: you experience thison a plane)
Turbulent Flow/Turbulence
What is the vocabulary term for the heat transfer that occurs through the direct contact of two surfaces?
Conduction
What vocabulary term describes the apparent change in a wave's frequency caused by a moving source or observer?
The Doppler Effect
What is the vocabulary term for the straight line drawn perpendicular to a reflecting surface at the point where light hits it?
The Normal
What vocabulary term describes a temporary magnet made by wrapping a coil of wire around an iron core and turning on an electric current?
Electromagnet
What is the term for the upward force exerted by a fluid on any object placed in or floating on it?
Buoyant Force
What vocabulary term describes the amount of heat needed to change a substance's state of matter without changing its temperature?
Latent Heat
What is the term for the bending of a wave as it passes from one medium into another and changes speed?
Refraction
What term describes an optical phenomenon where light hits a boundary at a steep angle and reflects entirely back into the denser medium instead of passing through?
Total Internal Reflection
What vocabulary term describes the area or space around a magnet where its magnetic force can be felt by other magnetic materials?
Magnetic Field