Fluids Vocabulary Quiz

Fill in the blank: Flow Rate is how quickly a fluid flows in a given amount of ____.

• Time

• Space

• Volume

• Pressure

Fill in the blank: Laminar Flow is when water flows in almost straight lines around an ____.

• Object

• Area

• Surface

• Space

What is Cohesion?

• The force of attraction between a fluid and another substance

• The force of attraction between the particles of a substance

• The motion of liquids around a solid object

• The amount of matter in an object.

Fill in the blank: Mass is the amount of ____ in an object.

• Space

• Matter

• Energy

• Force

What is the measurement of the force gravity pulling on an object called?

• Volume

• Weight

• Density

• Pressure

If an object sinks, it is said to have ____.

• Positive Buoyancy

• Neutral Buoyancy

• Negative Buoyancy

• Displacement

In fresh water, an ice cube floats with about nine tenths of its mass below the surface. Is this true for an iceberg in seawater? The density of sea water is 1.025 g/cm³.

• Yes, an iceberg floats with about nine tenths of its mass below the surface in seawater.

• No, an iceberg does not float with about nine tenths of its mass below the surface in seawater.

Which of the following is a property of fluids?

• Compressibility

• Viscosity

• Rigidity

• Elasticity

If it takes 4 s to fill up a 1 L container of water from your kitchen tap, then what is the flow rate?

• 4L/s

• 0.25 L/s

• 4 s/L

• 0.25 s/L

What is the formula for density?

• Mass/Volume

• Volume/Mass

• Mass/Area

• Area/Mass