Description : Which one of the following statements is correct ? a) For water at 100o Celsius at sea level, the vapour pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure b) Surface energy (or tension) is caused by ... it both in static and in dynamic conditions d) Air is 50,000 times more compressible than water
Last Answer : c) Viscosity of a fluid is the property exhibited by it both in static and in dynamic conditions
Description : The mercury does not wet the glass. This is due to the property of the liquid known as (A) Cohesion (B) Adhesion (C) Viscosity (D) Surface tension
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Mercury does not wet glass. This is due to property of liquid known as (A) Adhesion (B) Cohesion (C) Surface tension (D) Viscosity
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Falling drops of water become spheres due to the property of (A) Adhesion (B) Cohesion (C) Surface tension (D) Viscosity
Description : Capillary action is due to the (A) Surface tension (B) Cohesion of the liquid (C) Adhesion of the liquid molecules and the molecules on the surface of a solid (D) All of the above
Description : The tendency of a liquid surface to contract is due to the following property (A) Cohesion (B) Adhesion (C) Viscosity (D) Surface tension
Description : The property of a fluid which enables it to resist tensile stress is known as (A) Compressibility (B) Surface tension (C) Cohesion (D) Adhesion
Description : The property of fluid by virtue of which it offers resistance to shear is called (A) Surface tension (B) Adhesion (C) Cohesion (D) Viscosity
Description : Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to smallest possible area due to the (A) Force of adhesion (B) Force of cohesion (C) Force of friction (D) Force of diffusion
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : A solid needle placed horizontally on the surface of the water floats due to (a) Surface tension (b) Capillary action (c) Cohesion (d) Adhesion
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : The fluid property, due to which, mercury does not wet the glass is (A) Surface tension (B) Viscosity (C) Cohesion (D) Adhesion
Last Answer : (A) Surface tension
Description : Property responsible for the talcum powder to cling to the skin is the (A) Capillary action (B) Adhesion (C) Cohesion (D) Surface tension
Last Answer : Option B
Description : Free surface of a liquid tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to force of (A) Surface tension (B) Viscosity (C) Friction (D) Cohesion
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : If cohesion between molecules of a fluid is greater than adhesion between fluid and glass, then the free level of fluid in a dipped glass tube will be (A) Higher than the surface of liquid (B) The same as the surface of liquid (C) Lower than the surface of liquid (D) Unpredictable
Description : A liquid would wet the solid, if adhesion forces as compared to cohesion forces are (A) Less (B) More (C) Equal (D) Less at low temperature and more at high temperature
Description : The force that holds two particles of the different kind together is called as a) Adhesion c) Shear force b) Cohesion d) Compressive
Last Answer : a) Adhesion
Description : The force that holds two particles of the same kind together is called as a) Adhesion c) shear force b) cohesion d) compressive
Last Answer : b) cohesion
Description : 16. Surface tension force is the product of surface tension per unit length and cross-sectional area of flow. A) Correct B) Incorrect
Last Answer : B
Description : The shear resistance of a soil is constituted basically of the following component. (A) The frictional resistance to translocation between the individual soil particles at their contact point (B) To the ... (C) Cohesion and adhesion between the surfaces of the soil particles (D) All the above
Description : Property of a fluid by which its own molecules are attracted is called (A) Adhesion (B) Cohesion (C) Viscosity (D) Compressibility
Description : Property of a fluid by which molecules of different kinds of fluids are attracted to each other is called (A) Adhesion (B) Cohesion (C) Viscosity (D) Compressibility
Description : The process of diffusion of one liquid into the other through a semi permeable membrane is called (A) Viscosity (B) Osmosis (C) Surface tension (D) Cohesion
Description : The force per unit length is the unit of (A) Surface tension (B) Compressibility (C) Capillarity (D) Viscosity
Description : A falling drop of rain water ac-quires the spherical shape due to – (1) Viscosity (2) Surface Tension (3) Atmospheric pressure (4) Gravitational force
Last Answer : (2) Surface Tension Explanation: Raindrops start out as round high in the atmosphere as water collects on dust and smoke particles in clouds. But as raindrops fall, they lose their rounded ... the molecules stick together. The cause is the weak hydrogen bonds that occur between water molecules.
Description : A falling drop of rain water acquires the spherical shape due to (1) Viscosity (2) Surface Tension (3) Atmospheric pressure (4) Gravitational force
Last Answer : Surface Tension
Description : The force per unit length across such a line in the surface is called _________. a. force per length b. surface tension c. Pressure d. Density
Last Answer : surface tension
Description : If the volume of a sphere is numerically equal to its surface area, then find the diameter of the sphere. -Maths 9th
Last Answer : Let r be the radius of the sphere. and Volume of a sphere = surface area of the sphere ⇒ 4 / 3πr3 = 4πr2 ⇒ r = 3 cm ∴ Diameter of the sphere = 2r = 2 × 3 = 6 cm
Description : The volume of a cube is numerically equal to sum of its edges. What is the total surface area in square units ? -Maths 9th
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Cohesion and adhesion in the ascent of xylem sap. -Biology
Description : How adhesion and cohesion and capillary action enable water to go from the roots to the top a tall tree?
Last Answer : Water travels up a tree through small tubes called xylem. Aswater is released through the leaves of the tree, it creates anegative pressure at the top of the tree. Even though the weight ofall ... the width of thetube, which means that the xylem and stomata can draw water up andincredible distance.
Description : On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because (a) Mercury is a metal (b) The density of mercury is greater ... is greater than its adhesion with glass (d) The cohesion of water is greater than its adhesion with glass
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : On a clean glass plate a drop of water spreads to form a thin layer whereas a drop of mercury remains almost spherical because (1) Mercury is a metal (2) Density of mercury is greater than that ... is greater than its adhesion with glass (4) Cohesion of water is greater than its adhesion with glass
Last Answer : (3) Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with glass Explanation: When liquid is placed on a smooth surface like glass plate, the relative strengths of the cohesive and adhesive forces acting on ... and a surface are stronger, they will pull the liquid down, causing it to wet the surface.
Description : The rupture and fractionation do not usually occur in the water column in vessel/tracheids during the ascent of sap because of (a) weak gravitational pull (b) transpiration pull (c) lignified thick walls (d) cohesion and adhesion
Last Answer : (d) cohesion and adhesion.
Description : Rise of liquid in a capillary tube is due to (A) Cohesion (B) Adhesion (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B
Last Answer : Cohesion of mercury is greater than its adhesion with glass
Description : The tension coefficient of any member is (A) Force divided by the length (B) Tension divided by the length (C) Tension per unit area (D) Tension in the member
Last Answer : (B) Tension divided by the length
Description : Rain drops are spherical because of (A) Viscosity (B) Air resistance (C) Surface tension forces (D) Atmospheric pressure
Description : Soldering of two metals is possible because of the property of – (1) Viscosity (2) Osmosis (3) Cohesion (4) Surface tension
Last Answer : (3) Cohesion Explanation: Soldering is the process of joining two metals by the use of a solder alloy, and it is one of the oldest known joining techniques. It is possible because of the ... through-out the interior of substance. Soldering leads to alloy formation at the layer between two metals.
Description : Surface tension of a liquid (A) Is due to intermolecular forces of cohesion (B) Decreases with rise in temperature (C) Is responsible for the spherical shape of an isolated liquid drop (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : Soldering of two metals is possible because of the property of : (1) Viscosity (2) Osmosis (3) Cohesion (4) Surface tension
Last Answer : Cohesion
Description : Unit of surface tension is (A) Energy/unit area (B) Velocity/unit area (C) Both of the above (D) It has no units
Description : Rain drops falling through atmospheric air attain limited terminal velocity, because of (A) Upward thrust due to air (B) Viscous force exerted by air (C) Surface tension effects of water (D) Force of gravity
Description : If the back fill is having a uniform surcharge of intensity per unit area, the lateral pressure will be (A) q times the lateral pressure within the surface (B) 1/q times the lateral pressure within the surface ... of height Z equal to q/r, where r is the density of the backfill (D) None of these
Description : The most widely accepted theory for ascent of sap in trees is (a) capillarity (b) role of atmospheric pressure (c) pulsating action of living cell (d) transpiration pull and cohesion theory of Dixon and Jolly.
Last Answer : (d) transpiration pull and cohesion theory of Dixon and Jolly.
Description : 19. The density of a liquid in kg/m3 is numerically equal to its specific gravity. A) True B) False
Last Answer : A
Description : For similarity, in addition to models being geometrically similar to prototype, the following in both cases should also be equal (A) Ratio of inertial force to force due to viscosity (B) ... the four ratios of inertial force to force due to viscosity, gravitation, surface tension, and elasticity
Description : If the surface of liquid is convex, men (A) Cohesion pressure is negligible (B) Cohesion pressure is decreased (C) Cohesion pressure is increased (D) There is no cohesion pressure
Description : Froude's number is the ratio of inertia force to (A) Pressure force (B) Elastic force (C) Gravity force (D) Surface tension force