Pressure in Liquids
Pressure in Liquids : āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ : Pressure in liquids is the force exerted by a liquid per unit area. āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻšā§āĻā§ āϤ⧰āϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāϞāĨ¤
Important Properties of Liquid Pressure : āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ
1. Pressure acts in all directions. āĻāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ : Liquid pressure acts sideways, upward, and downward. (āϤ⧰āϞ⧰ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻžāώā§, āĻāĻĒā§°āϞ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āϤāϞāϞ⧠āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
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Pressure in Liquids – 2 Marks Questions with Answers : āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ – ⧍ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύā§āϤā§āϤ⧰
1. What is liquid pressure ? āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŋ ?
Ans: Liquid pressure is the force exerted by a liquid per unit area. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻšā§āĻā§ āϤ⧰āϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāϞāĨ¤
Ans: Pressure increases with depth in a liquid. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. Write the formula for pressure in liquids. āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏā§āϤā§ā§° āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāĨ¤
Ans: P = ρgh, Pressure in liquids is equal to density × gravity × height/depth.
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ = āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦ × āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āϤā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ × āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻžāĨ¤
4. Does liquid pressure depend on the shape of the container ? āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ?
Ans: No, liquid pressure does not depend on the shape of the container. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āύāĻžāĻ, āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āύāĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
5. In which directions does liquid pressure act ? āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§ ?
Ans: Liquid pressure acts in all directions. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Pressure in Liquids – 5 Marks Questions : āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ – ā§Ģ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύā§āϤā§āϤ⧰
Ans: The important properties of liquid pressure are: āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻš’āϞ:
i. It acts in all directions. (āĻ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤) ii. It increases with depth. (āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤) iii. It depends on the density of the liquid. (āĻ āϤ⧰āϞ⧰ āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤) iv. It does not depend on the shape of the container. (āĻ āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āύāĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
2. Write the formula of pressure in liquids and explain the symbols. āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏā§āϤā§ā§° āϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Ans: P = ρgh
Where: P = Pressure(āĻāĻžāĻĒ), ρ = Density of liquid(āϤ⧰āϞ⧰ āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦ), g = Acceleration due to gravity(āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āϤā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ), h = Height or depth of liquid (āϤ⧰āϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻž)
3. Why are dams thicker at the bottom ? āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ āϤāϞāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Pressure in liquids increases with depth, so the bottom of a dam experiences greater pressure. Therefore, dams are made thicker at the bottom for strength. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āϤ⧰āϞāϤ āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ⧰ āϤāϞāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
4. Explain why divers feel more pressure underwater. āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ āύā§āĻā§ą āĻā§°ā§ ?
Ans: As depth increases underwater, liquid pressure increases. Therefore, divers feel more pressure at greater depths. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻšā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻžāϤ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻ āύā§āĻā§ą āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
5. Does liquid pressure depend on container shape ? Explain. āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ? āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Ans: No, liquid pressure depends only on depth, density, and gravity. At the same depth, pressure remains the same in all container shapes.
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āύāĻžāĻ, āϤ⧰āϞ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻž, āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāϰā§āώā§āϝāĻŧ āϤā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻžāϤ āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤