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Grade 8 Fluids Mid-Unit Test

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false:

1. A baseball slows down because of drag, or the resistance of air.

2. Water flowing under a bridge whirls and eddies because of turbulent flow.

3. Aerodynamic design of the body of a car can affect fuel consumption.

4. Wind tunnels are used to test air flow.

5. The particle theory states that all matter is composed of energy.

6. How quickly a fluid moves in a given amount of time is called its flow rate.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) The collection pool at the base of a waterfall is an example of ____ flow.

a. laminar
b. turbulent
c. aerodynamic

2) Water moving slowing down a river with smooth clay banks is an example of ____ flow.

a. aerody
b. laminar
c. turbulnamic

3) Which of the following is true about wind tunnels:

a. Wallace Turnbull built Canada’s first wind tunnel in 1902.

b. Smoke is used to make air flow visible.
c. Engineers use wind tunnels to study fluid flow around planes and vehicles.
d. To study gases.
e. A to c above.

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Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.

1. Resistance to aerodynamic flow is referred to as ____________________.

2. When we refer to the thickness or thinness of a liquid, we are really describing its
____________________.

3. Systems involving moving fluids are said to be .

4. The particle theory states that:

1.

2.

3.

5. A synonym for streamlined is _______________.

6. V is the term for the r that a fluid has to flowing.

7. Describe two methods we could use to measure viscosity:

8. Ice cubes float because they are ____________________ dense than water.

9. Approximately ____________________ percent of an iceberg is under water.

Short Answer:

Using pictures/diagram and words create a diagram of any of the concepts you learned so far
during this unit: Remember to use science terminology and the more information you are able to
convey the higher your level:

Approximately ____________________ percent of an iceberg is under water.

The mass of a 100-mL graduated cylinder is 96.5 g. Calculate the mass of 10 mL of water.

Predict the mass of 100 mL of water and the volume of 50 g of water.

If one grain of salt is approximately 1 milligram (mg), weigh 125 mL of salt and calculate how
many grains are in that amount.

A block of wood has a mass of 1.1 kg. Calculate the density in grams per cubic centimetre. Would
this kind of wood float or sink in water? Explain your answer using complete sentences.