- Relate pressure to the force and the area over which the force is applied.
- Relate pressure in a liquid to its density and the depth at which the pressure is being assessed.
- Outline Pascal’s Principle regarding change of pressure in an enclosed fluid at rest.
- Perform simple calculations involving pressure and force on fluids in enclosed systems.
- Differentiate between laminar and turbulent flow of fluids.
- Relate volume flow rate to fluid velocity and crosssectional area.
- Explain the concept of continuity of fluid flow for a closed system.
- Apply the concept of energy conservation to fluid flow.
- Outline Bernoulli’s Principle regarding flow of an incompressible fluid.
- Apply the concepts of conservation of energy, continuity of flow and Bernoulli’s Principle in discussing fluid pressure, velocity and volume flow rate in an enclosed system.
- Perform simple calculations involving flow of fluids in enclosed systems.
- Discuss simple clinical and other real-world applications of concepts of pressure and fluid.
- Outline Boyle’s Law for pressure and volume of gases.
- Outline the Combined Gas Law for temperature, pressure and volume of gases.
- Perform simple calculations involving temperature, pressure and volume of gases.
- Discuss clinical applications of pressure and gases.
- Relate temperature of an object to its internal energy.
- Explain why an object’s size tends to increase when its temperature is increased.
- Discuss the factors affecting the quantity of heat required to change the temperature of an object.
- Outline the processes of heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation.
- Outline Newton’s Law of Cooling.
- Discuss real world applications of the concepts of specific heat capacity, thermal expansion, heat transfer and cooling.