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| A device for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere[image] |
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| The ability or tendency to float in a fluid [image] |
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| The upward force exerted by a fluid [image] |
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| The body system that moves blood throughout the body; includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood[image] |
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| The process of heat transfer through the flow of a heated substance such as air or water[image] |
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| A sheet of muscle in the lower chest that moves downward with each inhalation [image] |
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| The study of pressure in liquids [image] |
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| Using an incompressible fluid to increase and transmit a force from one point to another[image] |
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| A device that transmits an applied force through the use of liquid under pressure [image] |
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| For every 10 m you go under sea level, the pressure raises by 1 atm. 1 atm=101.3 kPa [image] |
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| A system in which an enclosed gas transmits a force, causing motion [image] |
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| The use of gas in an enclosed system under pressure[image] |
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| The body system that supplies blood with oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the blood [image] |
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| A device for measuring blood pressure [image] |
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