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Fluids in motion - starter

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the states of matter?
a)
solid, liquid, and juice
b)
solid and liquid
c)
solid and gas
d)
solid, liquid, and gas
2.
Which box has a higher density?  
a)
Box A
b)
Box B
c)
cannot be determined
d)
they are the same
3.

What does viscosity mean?

a)

How close the particles are together.

b)

The amount of matter in a substance.

c)

How easily a fluid flows.

d)

How dense a fluid is.

4.

The upward force exerted by a fluid is called the...

a)

buoyancy force

b)

density force

c)

fluidity force

d)

normal force

5.

What is the effect that friction has on a fluid?

a)

Increased flow

b)

increase in pressure

c)

decrease flow

d)

there is no effect

6.

Another name for smooth flow fluid.

a)

turbulent

b)

laminar

7.

Which type of flow is faster?

a)

turbulent

b)

laminar

8.

Turbulent flow is caused by

a)

streamline flow

b)

laminar flow

c)

smooth flow

d)

swirls and eddies

9.

What is the force like quantity in a fluid system?

a)

friction

b)

pressure

c)

flow rate

d)

fluid rate

10.
Which of the following is NOT an example of laminar flow?
a)
a river moving slowly in a straight line
b)
smoke rising upward in a smooth column through air
c)
water flowing evenly from a slight opened faucet
d)
smoke twisting as it moves upward from a fire
11.
Which of the following properties is NOT a characteristic of an ideal fluid?
a)
laminar flow
b)
turbulent flow
c)
nonviscous
d)
incompressable
12.

lower viscosity fluids have _________ resistance

a)

less

b)

more

13.

What is drag?

a)

Friction due to surfaces touching

b)

When an objects speed is constant because of air resistance as it falls

c)

Friction due to a fluid

d)

Things that bring you down

14.

Laminar flow is...

a)

When the flow of fluid is choppy and swirling

b)

When the flow of fluid looks clear

c)

When the flow of fluid is over a liquid that is more dense

d)

When the flow of fluid is smooth over a surface

15.

Viscosity is realted to a fluids:

a)

External friction

b)

Internal friction