Physical Science - Chapter 13 Vocabulary

The result of a force distributed over an area

• pressure

• pascal

• fluid

• hydraulic system

The SI unit of pressure, which is the result of one newton (N) per square meter (m²).

• pascal

• pressure

• fluid

• buoyancy

A substance that assumes the shape of its container.

• fluid

• buoyancy

• hydraulic system

• lift

A device that uses pressurized fluid acting on pistons of different sizes to change a force.

• hydraulic system

• lift

• fluid

• buoyant force

The upward force created from the pressure difference between the top and the bottom of an airplane wing.

• lift

• fluid

• buoyant force

• pressure

The ability of a fluid to exert an upward force on an object placed in it

• buoyancy

• buoyant force

• Archimedes' principle

• lift

The upward force, which acts in the opposite direction of gravity.

• buoyant force

• pressure

• buoyancy

• lift

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The buoyant force on an object is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

• Archimedes' principle

• buoyant force

• buoyancy

• fluid