viscosity
Honey is more viscous than water. This topic is part of Physics within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 9 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
viscosity trivia questions
Viscosity measures a fluid's resistance to what?
Answer: Flow
Bonus fact: Honey is more viscous than water.
Which is generally more viscous at room temperature, honey or water?
Answer: Honey
Bonus fact: Honey resists flow more strongly.
For most liquids, increasing temperature causes viscosity to do what?
Answer: Decrease
Bonus fact: Warmer liquids generally flow more easily.
Basaltic lava generally has what viscosity?
Answer: Low
Bonus fact: Low silica content makes basaltic lava relatively fluid.
Which is usually more fluid: basaltic lava or rhyolitic lava?
Answer: Basaltic lava
Bonus fact: Basaltic lava generally has lower silica and lower viscosity.
What volcano type has broad gentle slopes built mainly by fluid basaltic lava?
Answer: Shield volcano
Bonus fact: Shield volcanoes spread low-viscosity lava widely.
Which lava is generally more fluid: basaltic or rhyolitic?
Answer: Basaltic
Bonus fact: Lower silica content gives basaltic lava lower viscosity.
What type of lava commonly builds shield volcanoes?
Answer: Basaltic lava
Bonus fact: Low-viscosity basalt flows easily.
What unusual property defines a superfluid?
Answer: It can flow with essentially no viscosity
Bonus fact: Superfluid flow can persist with extraordinarily little dissipation.