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Year 9 Physics Pressure Worksheet

The document is a physics worksheet containing 10 multiple choice and short answer questions about pressure for a 9th grade class. The questions cover topics like greater pressure at greater depths of water, calculating pressure using force and area, and how pressure increases with depth in swimming pools. Mercury barometers and manometers are also discussed in the context of measuring atmospheric and gas pressures.

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Year 9 Physics Pressure Worksheet

The document is a physics worksheet containing 10 multiple choice and short answer questions about pressure for a 9th grade class. The questions cover topics like greater pressure at greater depths of water, calculating pressure using force and area, and how pressure increases with depth in swimming pools. Mercury barometers and manometers are also discussed in the context of measuring atmospheric and gas pressures.

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AL DIYAFAH HIGH SCHOOL, DUBAI

Name: _________________________Year: __9___ Sec: _____ Date: ___________


Subject: Physics Topic: Pressure

1. The diagrams show two divers swimming in the sea and two divers swimming in fresh
water. Sea water is more dense than fresh water. On which diver is there the greatest
pressure?

2. It is dangerous for submarines to dive to very great depths. Why is it dangerous?

A The density of water is less at greater depths.


B The pressure of water is greater at greater depths.
C The temperature of water is higher at greater depths.
D The weight of the submarine is greater at greater depths.

3.The diagram shows a mercury barometer.

Which distance is used to calculate the pressure of the atmosphere?

A 25 cm B 75 cm C 80 cm D 100 cm

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4.The diagram shows a thick sheet of glass. Which edge must it stand on to cause the
greatest pressure?

5. Four glass tanks contain water. In which tank is the pressure of the water on the
base greatest?

6. A student fills two containers with water (density 1.0 g / cm3) and two with oil
(density 0.8 g / cm3 ), as shown in the diagrams. In which container is the pressure
on the base the greatest?

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7. (a)A man squeezes a pin between his thumb and finger, as shown below :

The finger exerts a force of 84 N on the pinhead. The pinhead has an area of
6.0 × 10–5 m2.
(i) Calculate the pressure exerted by the finger on the pinhead.

pressure = ......................................
(ii) State the value of the force exerted by the pin on the thumb.

force = ...........................................
(iii) Explain why the pin causes more pain in the man’s thumb than in his finger.
.................................................................................................................................
................................................................................................................................
8 .The density of the water in a swimming pool is 1000 kg / m3. The pool is 3 m deep.

(i) Calculate the pressure of the water at the bottom of the pool.

pressure = ................................................

(ii) Another pool has the same depth of water, but has twice the area.
State the pressure of the water at the bottom of this pool.

pressure = ................................................

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9 Fig. 9.1 shows a simple mercury barometer alongside a mercury manometer that
contains some trapped gas.

Fig. 9.1
From Fig. 9.1 find
(a) the pressure of the atmosphere,

pressure of atmosphere = ......................... cm of mercury [1]


(b) the pressure of the trapped gas.

pressure of trapped gas = ......................... cm of mercury [3]


(c) The atmospheric pressure increases.

State what happens to the levels of mercury in the manometer.

left-hand level

...................................................................................................................

right-hand level

................................................................................................................

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10.

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