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What is meant by atmospheric pressure? What is the cause of atmospheric pressure.

Important Questions on Force and Pressure

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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Long Answer Type Questions>Q 64
Why are our bodies not crushed by the large pressure exerted by the atmosphere?
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Long Answer Type Questions>Q 64
Explain why atmospheric pressure decreases as we go higher up above the earth’s surface.
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Long Answer Type Questions>Q 65
 How does the pressure of a liquid depend on its depth? Draw a labelled diagram to show that the pressure of a liquid (say, water) depends on its depth. 
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Long Answer Type Questions>Q 65
Explain why the walls of a dam are thicker near the bottom than at the top.
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)>Q 66
Which of the following is not an example of muscular force?
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)>Q 67
Which of the following is not an example of the force of gravity?
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)>Q 68
When we press the bulb of a dropper with its nozzle kept in water, air in the dropper is seen to escape in the form of bubbles. Once we release the pressure on the bulb, water gets filled in the dropper. The rise of water in the dropper is due to 
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Lakhmir Singh's SCIENCE FOR CLASS 8>Chapter 11 - Force and Pressure>Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)>Q 69
A rectangular wooden block has length, breadth and height of 50 cm, 25 cm and 10 cm, respectively. This wooden block is kept on ground in three different ways, turn by turn. Which of the following is the correct statement about the pressure exerted by this block on the ground?