Pressure

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• What is a manometer? And how is this used to measure pressure?
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• What force on a floating object displaces 0.6 m3 of water?
• At what depth below the surface of oil, relative density 0.8, will the oil produce a pressure of 120 kN/m2? What depth of water is this equivalent to?
• What will be the gauge pressure and the absolute pressure of water at depth 12m below the surface?
• What happens to pressure if it is concentrated into a small area?
• How is pressure related to kinetic energy?
• How does pressure affect the boiling point?
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• Why is an airplane pressurized?
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• The water pressure at the bottom of the Marianas Trench is approximately #1,100# #kPa#. With how much force would the water pressure at the bottom of the Marianas Trench push on a fish with a surface area of #.50# #m^2#?
• A gas exerts a force of #5,610# #N# over an area of #0.342# #m^2#. What pressure does the gas exert in #Pa#?
• Mercury is a liquid that has a density of 13.5 g/mL. Water has of 1.0 g/mL. Equal volumes of mercury and water are in identical containers. How come the pressures exerted on the bottom of the containers are different?
• What will happen if I push the Torricelli tube into the cup more?
• Why can camels walk on top of sand but humans can not?
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• What is the difference between #"density"# and #"relative density"#?
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• What is the difference between density and relative density?
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• Does Boyle’s Law state that as volume increases, pressure decreases or as pressure increases, volume decreases?
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• What's the pressure at a depth of 120 meters in the ocean?
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• Briefly explain why the tyres of tractor are large and wide?
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• A 5.7 diameter horizontal pipe gradually narrows to 3.6 cm. The the water flows through this pipe at certain rate, the gauge pressure in these two sections is 32.5 kPa and 24.0 kPa, respectively. What is the volume of rate of flow?
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• A statue stands on a square base at the side of a garden pond. Both the base and statue are made of granite. How can the volume of the base be calculated without moving the statue?
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• How to calculate water pressure?
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• Whose principle states that the pressure exerted by a moving stream of fluid is less than the pressure of the surrounding fluid?
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• What are two things that molecules can do to cause an increase pressure?
• How much pressure will a man of weight 80 kgf exert on the ground if (1) he is lying and (2)he is standing on his feet? Given that the area of the body of the man is 0.6m² and that of his foot is 80cm².?
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