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11 Cards in this Set
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Pressure
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A force excerted on a surface
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Pascal
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The unit of pressure
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Fluid
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A material that can easily flow
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Barometer
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A instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
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Density
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Substance is its mass per unit volume
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Buoyant force
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Water and fluids that excerpt an upward force that acts on a submerged object
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Hydraulic system
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Uses liquids to transmit pressure and multiply force in a confined fluid
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Lift
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An upward force
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Pascals principle
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When a confined fluid is pushed the pressure is excerted equally in all directions
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Bernoulli principle
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A fast moving fluid has low pressure but a slow moving fluid has high pressure
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Archimedes principle
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Buoyant force- when a fluid pushes upward
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