Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
State two factors on which the pressure at a point in a liquid depends.
Advertisements
Solution
The two factors on which the pressure at a point in a liquid depends are:
- The height of the liquid column: Liquid pressure increases with the height of the liquid column above the point.
- The density of the liquid: Liquid pressure increases with the increase in density of the liquid.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Name the quantity whose one of the units is pascal (Pa).
Fill in the blank with suitable word :
If the area of a snow shoe is five times....................... than the area of an ordinary shoe, then the pressure of a snow shoe on the snow is five times...............
A liquid exerts pressure in all directions.
Describe the crushing tin can experiment. What do you conclude from this experiment?
Pressure exerted by a liquid is increased by
The pressure of a liquid column ______ with the depth of the column.
Analogy
Liquid pressure: ______ :: Atmospheric Pressure: ______.
The pressure does not depend upon ______.
A solid floats in liquid with a portion of it being submerged. Then ______.
- The liquid exerts an upthrust equal to the weight of the solid
- The weight of the dispersed liquid is equal to the weight of solid
- Solid exerts a force equal to its weight on liquid
How will you calculate fluid pressure?
