Pressure

Question 0

What is used to measure pressure

Answer 0

Barometer

Question 1

Define pressure

Answer 1

Pressure is force per unit area

Question 2

Find the pressure of an object that has a force of 20N and an area of 2cm

Answer 2

20 divided by 2= 10n/m2

Question 3

Why do divers wear protective clothing

Answer 3

So the pressure of the water doesn’t crush them because as you go underwater the pressure increase

Question 4

What happens to the pressure up on Mount Everest

Answer 4

The pressure increase because it is above sea level

Question 5

What is atmospheric pressure

Answer 5

Atmospheric pressure is the pressure of gases exerted on air

Question 6

What are isobars

Answer 6

Lines on a weather forecast that show lines of equal pressure

Question 7

What is the unit of pressure

Answer 7

Pascal or newton per metres squared

Question 8

What are pressure gauges used to measure

Answer 8

Pressure

Question 9

What would the weather be like with high pressure

Answer 9

Sunny and dry

Question 10

What would the weather be like for low pressure

Answer 10

Wet, windy

Question 11

What is the symbol for mercury

Answer 11

Hg

Question 12

What is the type of barometer they have in houses

Answer 12

Aneroid

Question 13

What is the type of barometers in planes

Answer 13

Altimeter

Question 14

Give two everyday uses of pressure

Answer 14

Medicine: measuring blood pressure and flying planes

Question 15

What is used to measure atmospheric pressure

Answer 15

Altimeter