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11 Cards in this Set
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Malleable
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can be hammered, pounded or pressed with out breaking
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bimetallic strip
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the stripe of different materials that expand at different rates causing it to bend
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Brittleness
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property of material that causes it to be easily broken or factured
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Convection
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A means of transfer by movement
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Ambient Pressure
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the surrounding pressure
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Displaced
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term applied to the fulid that is maoved out of the way when an object is placed in the fluid
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Buoyancy
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Apparent loss of weight of an object in a fluid
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Adiabatic
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Expansion or compression without loss/gain of heat
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Eddy
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Changing, curling paths in turbulent flow of a fluid
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Barometer
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instrument designed to measure the pressure of the atmosphere
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Viscosity
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resistance of a fluid to flow freely, cuased by friction
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