7 - Air Pressure
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Practice Questions
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What is air pressure?
💡 Hint: Think about what air does around us.
What is the unit of air pressure?
💡 Hint: What is the pressure measurement used in scientific contexts?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level?
💡 Hint: Think about common pressure values known from weather data.
True or False: Air pressure increases with altitude.
💡 Hint: What happens to air at higher elevations?
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Challenge Problems
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A pilot is flying at an altitude of 10000 meters where the air density is 0.413 kg/m³. Calculate the air pressure.
💡 Hint: Apply the air pressure formula carefully.
Determine the height of a mercury column that would exert a pressure of 85000 Pa, using the density of mercury (13600 kg/m³).
💡 Hint: Isolate h using the rearranged formula.
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