Cryptic Country Clues
Liquids
The Greek Letter in Question
200

African island you will think you can drive to, while in reality you surely can't

What is Madagascar?

200

Ever wondered why ketchup and mustard flow so slowly? That can be explained by them having higher values of this quantity than water

What is viscosity?

200

Describes either an average or a nonconservative force

What is mu?

400

Fitting its name, tribes from the region that is now this country have spread like bacteria and viruses

What is Germany?

400

Just the right temperature and pressure is needed to see liquid water alongside ice and water vapor at the conditions specified by this scientific term

What is the triple point?

400

Represents an angular quantity equal to a full revolution around a circle

What is tau?

600

Times can be either calm or turbulent here, depending on how you interpret its name; its shape is also very similar to an object with a similar name

What is Chile?

600

Bernoulli's fluid flow equation may look complicated at first until you realize it's simply an application of this basic physics principle

What is the law of conservation of energy?

600

When combined with an English letter, it turns into angular momentum

What is omega?

800

All those businesses that have been deported from here gave this country such a large reputation that two-thirds of its name reflects that fact

What is Mexico?

800

Anyone who has seen the periodic table should note down these two anomalies that are the pure elements that are liquid at room temperature

What are bromine and mercury?

800

Establishes a threshold at which something is to be considered significantly different from a standard

What is alpha?

1000

Its capital implies the existence of a grand redirector of water similar to the one commissioned in Nevada

What is Syria?

1000

This scientist found a correlation between the height of a liquid above a hole through which it flows out of a container and the speed at which that liquid flows out

Who is Torricelli?

1000

Can take the form of a charged particle with negligible mass

What is beta?