Forces and Pressure in Fluids Quiz

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What is pressure?

  • A measure of the weight of an object
  • A force pulling on a surface
  • A substance that can easily flow
  • A force pushing on a surface (correct)

What are some examples of pressure?

  • Holding an object in hand
  • Leaning against a wall (correct)
  • Sitting on a chair
  • Walking on the ground

Why does the woman wearing snow shoes stay on top of the snow while the two girls sink into the snow?

  • The woman's weight is less than the two girls
  • The snow is less dense where the woman is standing
  • The woman's snow shoes have a larger area distributing her weight (correct)
  • The woman is exerting less force on the snow

What is the unit for pressure?

<p>Pascal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In fluids, how do molecules exert pressure against the surfaces they touch?

<p>By colliding with each other and any surface they meet (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is pressure calculated?

<p>$Force/Area$ (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is fluid pressure?

<p>The total force exerted by the fluid divided over the area over which the force is exerted (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the average air pressure at sea level?

<p>10.13 N/cm2 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why doesn't the pressure of the air around you crush you?

<p>Because the pressure inside your body balances the pressure outside of your body (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when you drive up the side of a mountain and your ears 'pop'?

<p>Air pressure decreases as elevation increases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does water pressure increase as depth increases?

<p>Because there is more water above you and air in the atmosphere is pushing down on the water (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some parts of your body that contain air?

<p>Lungs, sinus cavities, and inner ear (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does air exert pressure?

<p>Because it has mass (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the force that produces average air pressure at sea level?

<p>Force of gravity on the mass of air (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes your ears to 'pop' when you swim down to the bottom of a deep pool or lake?

<p>Increase in water pressure as depth increases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What balances the pressure of the air outside your body?

<p>Air pressure inside your body (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the speed of light in space?

<p>300,000km/s (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What size range do light waves fall into?

<p>400nm to 700nm in length (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the classification of objects that do not allow light to pass through?

<p>Opaque (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What classification allows some light to go through, but not clearly?

<p>Translucent (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used for white light made up of all the colors of the rainbow?

<p>White spectrum (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when light strikes an object and it bounces off, mainly as heat?

<p>Reflected (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What causes an object to appear a certain color?

<p>The object reflects light of that color and absorbs all others (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which color does a black object reflect?

<p>Black (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a white object do to light?

<p>Reflects all light and absorbs none (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the subtractive color system create color?

<p>By absorbing specific wavelengths of light and reflecting others (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of lenses?

<p>To refract light (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the additive color system based on?

<p>Emitting light directly from a source (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a polarizing filter?

<p>To only let specific orientations of light pass through (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of reflection occurs when an object surface is smooth and you see an image?

<p>'Regular' reflection (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to light as it goes from space to air, and then to water or glass?

<p>It slows down in air and slows down even more in water or glass (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which combination of primary colors of light produces white light?

<p>Red + Green + Blue (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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