Science 6 Flashcards


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Pressure

is the amount of force per unit area applied to an object's surface

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Atmospheric pressure

the ratio of the weight of all the air above you to surface area

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Fluid

is a liquid or a gas, anything that flows

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Buoyant force

is an upward force applied by a fluid on an object in the fluid

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Archimedes' principle

the weight of the fluid that an object displaces is equal to the buoyant force acting on the object

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Bernoulli's principle

states that the pressure of a fluid decreases when the speed of the fluid increases

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Drag fore

is a force that opposes the motion of an object through fluid

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Elevation

the distance above sea level

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Density

a measure of how compact the mass in a substance or object is