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Water pressure is greatest against the

bottom of a submerged object

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A dam is thicker at the bottom than at the top partly because

water pressure is greater with increasing depth

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3

The pressure in a liquid depends on liquid

both of these (density and depth)

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4

One liter of water has a mass of

1 kilogram

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5

Blood pressure is normally greater in your

feet

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What is the buoyant force acting on a 10-ton ship floating in the ocean?

10 tons

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When an object is partly or wholly immersed in a liquid, it is buoyed up

by a force equal to the weight of liquid displaced

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8

The mass of a cubic meter of water is

1000 kg

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Pumice is a volcanic rock that floats. Its density is

less than the density of water

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The reason that buoyant force acts upward on a submerged object is that

upward pressure against the bottom is greater than downward pressure against the top of the submerged object

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A completely submerged object always displaces its own

volume of fluid

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12

Compared to the density of water, the density of a fish is

the same

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The buoyant force on an object is least when the object is

partly submerged

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The buoyant force on a rock is least when the rock is submerged

buoyant force does not depend on depth

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The reason a life jacket helps you float is

the density of both you and the jacket together is less than your density alone

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When holes are drilled through the wall of a water tower, water will spurt out the greatest horizontal distance from the hole closest to

the bottom of the tower

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The density of a submerged submarine is about the same as the density of

water

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18

A floating ice cube contains small pieces of iron. During melting the water level will

fall

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19

The pascal is a pressure unit equal to one

newton per square meter

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20

To multiply the input force of a hydraulic lift, the input end should be the one having the

smaller diameter piston

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The ratio of output force to input force of a hydraulic press will be equal to the ratio of the output and input piston

areas

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22

A hydraulic press multiplies a force by 100. This multiplication is done at the expense of

the distance through which the force acts

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A consequence of the surface tension of water is

all of these

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Surface tension is a direct result of

cohesive forces between molecules in a liquid

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Surface tension of liquids

decreases as the liquid temperature increases

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A large block of wood and a smaller block of iron on weighing scales both register 1 ton. Taking buoyancy of air into account, which has the greater mass?

wood

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In drinking soda or water through a straw, we make use of

atmospheric pressure

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At normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, 1 cubic meter of air has a mass of about

1.25 kg

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29

Marshmallows in a vacuum become

larger

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About how high can water at sea level be theoretically lifted by a vacuum pump?

10.3 m

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When a suction cup sticks to a wall it is

pushed to the wall by the atmosphere

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When water is turned on in a shower, the shower curtain moves toward the water spray. This partly involves

pressure changes in moving fluids

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The Bernoulli effect causes passing ships to be drawn together when the ships are close and moving in

either the same or opposite directions (either of these)

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The tarp covering on a trailer or truck puffs upward for fast-moving vehicles, which illustrates

Bernoulli’s principle

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The principle of continuity states that for fluid flow to be continuous it must in narrow regions of flow

both of these (speed and slow down)

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As fluid gains speed, its internal pressure flow

decreases

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When a gas in a container is squeezed to half its volume with no change in temperature, the gas pressure

doubles

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When a gas in a container is squeezed to half its volume, its density

doubles

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When a gas in a container expands to twice its volume, its density

halves

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When boarding an airplane you bring a bag of chips. While in flight the bag puffs up, because

air pressure in the air-tight bag is greater than cabin air pressure

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41

A swimmer cannot snorkel more than a meter deep because air

at the surface will not freely enter the higher pressure region in the compressed lungs

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42

A bubble of air released from the bottom of a lake

becomes larger as it rises

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A scuba diver losing her air supply while far beneath the water surface is advised when ascending to

allow air to escape her lungs

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An empty jar is pushed open-side downward into water so that trapped air cannot escape. As it is pushed deeper, the buoyant force on the jar

decreases

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45

Archimedes’ principle applies to

all of these

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the buoyant force of the atmosphere on a body is equal to the

weight of air displaced

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47

The flight of a blimp best illustrates

Archimedes’ principle

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An object in a vacuum has no

buoyant force

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49

A car with closed windows makes a left hand turn. a helium-filled balloon in the car moves to the

left

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50

Compared with air pressure on the outside, air pressure inside an inflated stretched balloon is

greater

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51

Atmospheric molecules do not fly off into outer space due to

Earth gravitation cohesive forces

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Atmospheric pressure is caused by the

weight of the atmosphere

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53

The air in your classroom has

all the above

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About what percentage of molecules in the air make up the atmosphere below a 6-kilometer altitude?

more than 50%

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The energy source responsible for molecular motions in Earth’s atmosphere is

the sun

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