Fire Service Ventilation (7th Edition)
Chapter 1 Definitions Test (#1)
15 questions

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1) The process of making weaker or less concentrated.

2) To come from a specific source.

3) Of, or relating to the side or outer edge.

4) Process by which molecules spread from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration.

5) Emitting self-generated light.

6) Moving around of air inside a structure or other confined space.

7) The amount of heat energy provided by one watt flowing for one second.

8) Beginning to exist or appear.

9) Systematic removal of heated air, smoke, and airborne contaminants from a structure and replacing them with fresh air.

10) To lessen severity or danger. Synonymous with Subside.

11) Having a harmful effect; injurious. Synonymous with Devastating.

12) Of, or relating to separate or formed particles. 

13) Transfer of heat through direct contact between two objects or through contact with an intervening medium that transfers heat.

14) Atmospheric phenomenon that allows smoke to rise until its temperature equals the surrounding air temperature, then begins to spread laterally in a horizontal layer.

15) To appear suspended in mid air.