Practice mode Water Management

Compressibility is the change in a liquid’s volume with a change in pressure. On this basis, how is water regarded?

Correct answer B. Incompressible

Explanation

Water's volume changes only very slightly under large pressure changes, so in hydraulics it is treated as an incompressible fluid.

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