Matter

The particles that make up a solid move ____ than do the particles that make up a gas.

• more slowly

• more quickly

• in the same way

• more quickly and farther

The idea stating that matter is made up of small particles that are in constant motion is ____.

• Boyle’s law

• Charles’s law

• the kinetic theory of matter

• Archimedes’ principle

As a sample of matter is heated, its particles ____.

• stop moving

• move more slowly

• move more quickly

• are unaffected

Bernoulli’s principle explains why ____.

• boats float

• heated objects expand

• planes fly

• cooled objects contract

Whether an object will sink or float in a fluid is determined by ____.

• Pascal’s principle

• Charles’s law

• Bernoulli’s principle

• Archimedes’ principle

Hydraulic machines work by applying ____.

• Pascal’s principle

• Charles’s law

• Bernoulli’s principle

• Archimedes’ principle

Pressure applied to a fluid is transmitted unchanged throughout the fluid. This statement is ____.

• Pascal’s principle

• Charles’s law

• Bernoulli’s principle

• Archimedes’ principle

As the velocity of a fluid increases, the pressure exerted by the fluid decreases. This statement is ____.

• Pascal’s principle

• Charles’s law

• Bernoulli’s principle

• Archimedes’ principle

The buoyant force on an object in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object. This statement is ____.

• Boyle’s law

• Charles’s law

• Bernoulli’s principle

• Archimedes’ principle

The idea that the volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature provided the pressure does not change is ____.

• Boyle’s law

• Charles’s law

• Bernoulli’s principle

• Archimedes’ principle