Branches of Science
This branch having the most sub-branches of any branch, consists of the physical sciences, life sciences, and earth sciences.
What are the natural sciences?
Amount of heat added to one pound of water to raise the temperature one degree F.
What is a BTU?
This element has a symbol of "Li."
What is lithium?
Ten feet of water column is this much in psig.
What is 4.33 psig?
A water tank incorporating a pre-charged, air-filled cushion that provides an additional volume for water under thermal expansion.
What is an expansion tank?
This branch of sciences has the least number of sub-branches of sciences of any branch.
What are the formal sciences?
Heat that causes changes in temperature that can be felt.
What is sensible heat?
This element has a symbol of "Hg."
What is mercury?
One gallon of this liquid weighs 8.33 pounds.
What is water?
An odorless, colorless, and tasteless substance composed of the chemical element hydrogen and oxygen and exists in nature in the gas/vapor, liquid, and solid states of matter.
What is water?
This branch consists of the following sub-branches of science: agriculture, health sciences, and engineering.
What are the applied sciences?
Water boils at 212 degrees on this temperature scale.
What is Fahrenheit?
This element has a symbol of "Cu."
What is copper?
The pressure that is pressing down on all of us at 14.7 psia.
What is atmospheric pressure?
The process of reducing the temperature of a gas or vapor below it's boiling point, causing a change of state.
What is condensation?
The study of this science has led to the profitability of the piping industry and to the viability of union wages and benefits.
What is economics?
Water freezes at 0 degrees on this temperature scale.
What is Celsius?
This element has a symbol of "Ti."
What is titanium?
A device for taking precise pressure measurements using a liquid-filled tube or a portable electrically powered device.
What is a manometer?
What is evaporation?
This branch includes the subjects of sociology, psychology, economics, law, and political science.
What are the social sciences?
The quantity of heat added to or removed from a substance to bring about a change of state.
What is latent heat?
This element is used a purge gas during welding.
What is argon?
A perfectly achieved vacuum will read 29.92 in inches of this heavy metal.
What is mercury?
The absence of all matter from a given space.
What is a perfect vacuum?