Physics Concepts and Definitions

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

• Volume

• Weight

• Pressure

• Density

The amount of space taken up by matter is known as ______.

• Weight

• Volume

• Density

• Pressure

What is the term for water attracted to the sides of a cylinder forming a curve?

• Meniscus

• Displacement

• Buoyancy

• Pressure

The amount of water an object displaces is used to measure the volume of irregular objects. This is known as ______.

• Density

• Displacement

• Buoyancy

• Weight

How dense an object is (mass of substance per unit volume) is referred to as ______.

• Weight

• Volume

• Density

• Pressure

The upward force exerted by a fluid on an object is called ______.

• A) Buoyancy

• B) Displacement

• C) Pressure

• D) Weight

According to Archimedes' Principle, the buoyant force on an object immersed in fluid is equal to the ______.

• Volume of the object

• Weight of the fluid displaced

• Density of the object

• Pressure on the object

If an object floats in water, it is said to have ______ buoyancy.

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

• Zero

If an object remains underwater but doesn’t go to the bottom, it has ______ buoyancy.

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

• Zero

If an object sinks, it is said to have ______ buoyancy.

• A) Positive

• B) Neutral

• C) Negative

• D) Zero