CfU - Pressure & More

True or False: The word "pressure" and the word "force" mean the same thing.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

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Wide tracks on a tank are useful for travelling through deep mud; they prevent the tank from sinking. This is because...

• they decrease the amount of force the vehicle exerts on the ground.

• they increase the amount of force the vehicle exerts on the ground.

• they decrease the amount of pressure the vehicle exerts on the ground.

• they increase the amount of pressure the vehicle exerts on the ground.

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Where would you find the highest pressure?

• At the bottom of the ocean

• At the top of Mt Everest

• At the surface of Lake Pend Oreille

• Under 1 sheet of paper

Pressure is equal to force divided by _________.

• area

• mass

• time

• distance

True or False: Pressure can be exerted by solids, liquids, and gases.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The pressure inside the syringe will DECREASE if we move the plunger in...

• Direction A.

• Direction B.

• We don't have to move the plunger as the pressure will change on its own.

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In what direction(s) does air apply pressure?

• all directions

• upward

• there is no air pressure

• downward

Imagine one object is already exerting pressure on another object. If the FORCE INCREASES, the...

• pressure also increases.

• pressure decreases.

• pressure will stay the same.

• pressure first increases then decreases.

Imagine one object is already exerting pressure on another object. If the AREA over which the force is being applied INCREASES, the...

• pressure also increases.

• pressure decreases.

• pressure will stay the same.

• pressure first increases then decreases.

Pressure from a fluid (liquid or gas) pushes...

• in all directions.

• only upward.

• only downward.

• only sideways.