Fluids+Glossary

Stared April 4th 2013


 * **Word** || **My Understanding** || **Definition** ||
 * Viscosity ||  || Property that describes a fuids thickness or thinness ||
 * Fluids ||  || Any substance that flows (gas or liquid) ||
 * Rate of Flow ||  || The time it takes for a fluid to travel from Ppoint A to point B ||
 * Internal friction ||  || Resistance fprce between particles ina substance ||
 * Density ||  || amount of mass in a specific volume. ||
 * Force ||  || the ability to do work ||
 * Buoyant force ||  || the upward force pushing on on object in a fluid ||
 * Gravitational force ||  || the downward force pulling on objects due to the Earth's mass ||
 * Archimedes ||  || an ancient scholar who discovered "Archimedes Principle" ||
 * Archimedes Principle ||  || the buoyant force acting on an object equals the weight (force of gravity) of the fluid displaced by the object. ||
 * Particle Theory of Matter ||  || unique, moving, attract, small, heat (These factors relate to particles and their behavior) ||