Pressure

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Pressure: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Pressure & Pressure Exerted by Solids etc.

Important Questions on Pressure

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What is the mass of a cube of edge length 10 cm kept on a horizontal floor that exerts a pressure of 20 kNm-2 due to its weight? [Take g=10 ms-2]

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What is MPa?

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Pressure is equal to _____.

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Atmospheric pressure is about 1.0×105 Pa on average. What is the downward force of the air on a desktop with the surface area 1.0 m2 ?

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Can we compare Pa and N?

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Is there any difference between Air Pressure and Water Pressure?

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Force acting on a given area is called pressure.

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A camel can run/walk in deserts very easily as compared to donkey, horse, dog, etc because of

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It is easier to pierce a sharp object than a blunt object through a surface because

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Pressure is a _____ (force/weight) acting on a certain area.

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The SI unit of pressure is pascal (Pa).

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Explain the terms -buoyancy, and pressure?

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A block of weight 5 kgf and dimensions 5 cm×2 cm×1 cm rests on a table in three different positions with its base as (i) 5 cm×2 cm (ii) 2 cm×1 cm (iii) 1 cm×5 cm. Calculate the pressure exerted on the table in each case.

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An elephant of mass 2000 kg and foot area of 250 cm2 standing on floor. Find the force exerted by the elephant on the ground. (Gravity=10 m/s2).