Fluid Mechanics Unit 1

Quizzes

Short checks for every lesson. Each answer comes with an explanation, so a wrong answer still teaches you something.

Practice Challenge

10 questions picked at random, only from lessons you have completed. Practice as often as you like.

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Unit 1 Final Challenge

13 new questions, one per lesson, that apply each idea to a situation the lessons did not show. Score 10 of 13 to earn the Unit 1 Explorer badge.

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Applied Challenge

Solve the building water-supply project with the simulations and calculators.

Open the Unit 1 Engineering Project

Lesson Quizzes

Every lesson ends with four questions. Score 3 of 4 to mark the lesson completed.

  1. What Exactly Is A Fluid?Definition of fluid9 min
  2. What Does Fluid Mechanics Study?Introduction to fluid mechanics7 min
  3. Who Figured Out How Fluids Behave?Historical development8 min
  4. Why Does Water Take The Shape Of Its Glass?Difference between solids and fluids9 min
  5. Why Do Engineers Study Fluids Separately From Solids?Fluid mechanics vs solid mechanics8 min
  6. Still, Moving Or Pushed: Three Ways To Look At A FluidFluid statics, kinematics and dynamics10 min
  7. Hydraulics Or Hydrodynamics: Practice Or Theory?Hydraulics and hydrodynamics8 min
  8. If Water Is Made Of Molecules, Why Treat It As Smooth?Continuum hypothesis10 min
  9. How Do We Follow A Tiny Piece Of Fluid?Fluid particles and fluid elements9 min
  10. Where Does Your System End?Systems, boundaries and surroundings7 min
  11. Follow The Fluid Or Watch A Fixed Box?Control mass and control volume10 min
  12. How Do Engineers Measure Everything In Fluids?Fundamental dimensions and SI units9 min
  13. Where Do Mechanical Engineers Use Fluid Mechanics?Applications in mechanical engineering8 min