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Full Name Due Date: November 5th, 2024

HW2 – Pressure

Answer the following questions.

1. What is the definition of pressure?


a) Force times area
b) Force divided by area
c) Mass times acceleration
d) Volume divided by area
2. What unit is pressure measured in?
a) Newtons
b) Pascals
c) Joules
d) Meters
3. Which of the following equations represents pressure?
a) p=F/A
b) p=F×A
c) p=A/F
d) p=F+A
4. In which of the following scenarios is pressure the greatest?
a) A person standing on one foot
b) A person wearing snowshoes
c) A person lying flat on the ground
d) A person wearing high heels
5. What happens to pressure as you go deeper underwater?
a) It decreases
b) It stays the same
c) It increases
d) It fluctuates
6. What is the formula for the change in pressure beneath the surface of a liquid?
a) Δp=ρgΔV
b) Δp=ρgΔh
c) Δp=F/A
d) Δp=A×V
7. Which of the following is a characteristic of gases concerning pressure?
a) Gases have fixed volume.
b) Gases have high density.
c) Gases can be compressed easily.
d) Gases do not exert pressure.
8. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Pressure decreases with increasing area if force is constant.
b) Pressure increases with decreasing area if force is constant.
c) Pressure is independent of force and area.
d) None of the above.
9. What is the atmospheric pressure at sea level?
a) 1,013 Pa
b) 1,013 hPa
c) 1,013 kPa
d) 1,013 N
10. Which object exerts the greatest pressure on the ground?
a) A basketball
b) A flat tire
c) A needle
d) A book
11. When a tire is inflated, what happens to the pressure inside the tire?
a) It decreases.
b) It remains constant.
c) It increases.
d) It fluctuates.
12. What is the relationship between force and pressure if the area is constant?
a) Pressure is directly proportional to force.
b) Pressure is inversely proportional to force.
c) Pressure is independent of force.
d) None of the above.
13. Which equation relates the pressure, depth, and density of a liquid?
a) p=ρgh
b) p=F×A
c) p=FA
d) p=V×A
14. Which of the following best describes the effect of altitude on atmospheric pressure?
a) It increases with altitude.
b) It decreases with altitude.
c) It remains constant with altitude.
d) It fluctuates randomly with altitude.
15. Which principle explains why a diver feels more pressure at greater depths?
a) Archimedes' Principle
b) Pascal’s Principle
c) Bernoulli’s Principle
d) Law of Conservation of Energy
ESSAY

Show all your work and full calculations!

1. If a force of 100 N is applied to an area of 2 m², what is the pressure?

2. If the density of a liquid is 800 kg/m³, and the gravitational field strength is 9.8 m/s²,
what is the pressure at a depth of 10 m?

3. What is the pressure exerted by a 50 N force acting on an area of 5 m²?

4. If the pressure at a certain depth in a liquid is 500 Pa, what will the pressure be at
double that depth?

5. If the density of water is 1,000 kg/m³, what is the pressure at a depth of 5 m?

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