| A | B |
|---|
| incompressible | not able to be squashed or made more compact |
| hydraulics | the study of the properties of liquids |
| force multiplier | a device that increases the size of an applied force |
| hydraulic jack | a device that acts as a force multiplier; uses liquids to transmit pressures and increase forces |
| compressible | able to be squashed or made more compact |
| pneumatics | the study of the properties of gases |
| atmospheric pressure | the pressure exerted by the gas particles in the atmosphere |
| fluid | a liquid or gas |
| *Boyle's law | the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure of the gas |
| *Charles Law | "At a fixed pressure, the volume of a gas is proportional to the temperature of the gas." |
