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FORCE AND PRESSURE

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the unit of measurement for pressure?
a)
pascal
b)
grams
c)
milliters
d)
meters
2.

When you increase your depth under water, the water pressure on your body

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

3.
What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere?
a)
Altitude
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Meteors
d)
Air Pressure
4.

How do you Calculate Pressure

a)

Force(N)/Area(m2)

b)

Force(kg)/Area(mi2)

c)

Area(m2)/Force(N)

5.

Why won't you sink in mud if you wear boots?

a)

Because the surface area is larger creating less pressure.

b)

Has air in it to keep you floating.

c)

Because the mud won't want you.

6.

Diagram shows the design of a dam. Why does the thickness of the dam increase with its depth?

a)

The design of this structure is stronger.

b)

Water pressure increases with depth.

c)

The cost of construction is lower.

d)

Water pressure acts uniformly in all directions.

7.
Which of these animals would probably cause the greatest pressure on the ground?
a)
A fat cow with big feet
b)
A fat cow with small feet
c)
 A calf with big feet
d)
A calf with small feet
8.
Where would you find the largest pressure?
a)
At the bottom of the ocean
b)
At the top of Mt Everest
c)
Close to ground on the Scotch oval
d)
In a rockpool on the Great Barrier Reef
9.

Pressure can be exerted by solids, liquids and gases.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

The pressure inside the syringe will decrease if we move the plunger in:

a)

Direction A

b)

Direction B

c)

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

d)

None of the above answers.

11.
What is the instrument that measures air pressure called?
a)
Graduated cylinder
b)
Barometer
c)
Force scale
d)
Anemometer
12.
What is the equation used to calculate pressure?
a)
pressure= force/mass
b)
pressure =mass/volume
c)
pressure=area/force
d)
pressure=force/area
13.
What is the unit of measurement for pressure?
a)
pascal
b)
grams
c)
milliters
d)
meters
14.
Which of the statements is true?
a)
The bottom of the boot exerts more pressure than the shoe as a result of an increase in surface area.
b)
The bottom of the shoe exerts more pressure than the boot as a result of an decrease in surface area.
c)
The bottom of the shoe exerts the same pressure as the bottom of the boot.
15.
If the horse reared up on 2 legs what effect would it have on the pressure?
a)
it will exert half the pressure it did before
b)
it will exert the same pressure it did before
c)
it will exert twice the pressure it did before
d)
it will exert four times the pressure it did before
16.
Army tank tracks are useful for travelling through the mud because..
a)
they decrease the force the vehicle exerts on the ground
b)
they increase the force the vehicle exerts on the ground
c)
they decrease the pressure the vehicle exerts on the ground
d)
they increase the pressure the vehicle exerts on the ground
17.

At higher altitudes, which one becomes true?

a)

Higher the altitude, higher the atmospheric pressure.

b)

Higher the altitude, greater the force exerted by air molecules.

c)

It's an example of fluid pressure.

d)

The higher you go, lesser is the atmospheric pressure.