Tech I - Ch 11 & 12 - Vocab
- 1. The upward force of fluid places on an object placed in it.
A) pressure
B) buoyancy
C) fluid power
D) fluid
- 2. A water vehicle that transports people and products.
A) pneumatiac system
B) vessel
C) diesel engine
D) transportation
- 3. Any substance that flows.
A) buoyancy
B) fluid
C) maglev
D) pressure
- 4. The force on a unit surface area.
A) maglev
B) buoyancy
C) fluid power
D) pressure
- 5. The use of liquids or gases under pressure to move heavy objects and perform many other tasks.
A) maglev
B) fluid power
C) fluid
D) buoyancy
- 6. The process by which people, animals, products, and materials are moved from one place to another.
A) diesel engine
B) transportation
C) gasoline piston engine
D) vessel
- 7. An internal coambustion engine that burns fuel oil by using heat produced by compressing air.
A) hydraulic engine
B) diesel engine
C) gasoline piston engine
D) pneumatic system
- 8. Fluid power systems that are based on the use of air or another gas.
A) fluid power
B) hydraulic system
C) maglev
D) pneumatic system
- 9. An engine that creates power by burning fuel inside the engine.
A) hydraulic system
B) pneumatic system
C) gasoline piston engine
D) diesel engine
- 10. A term that is short for MAGnetically LEVitated. Trains are levitated or floated above a guideway and propelled by magnetic fields. The magnetic fields are created by large electromagnets.
A) maglev
B) hydraulic system
C) gasoline piston engine
D) diesel engine
- 11. Fluid power systems that use oil or another liquid.
A) maglev
B) hydraulic system
C) gasoline piston engine
D) diesel eigine
- 12. When force is applied to a confined liquid, the resulting pressure is transmitted unchanged to all parts of the liquid.
A) gasoline piston engine
B) Pascal's Principal
C) hydraulic system
D) pneumatic system
- 13. The increase in force gained by using a machine; also, the number of times a machine multiplies a force.
A) fluid
B) mechanical advantage
C) maglev
D) pressure
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