You measure the pressure of a tire in Atlanta, GA and find it to be 35 psi. If the tire is taken to Denver, CO (with no other changes made) the pressure will read lower in Denver than in Atlanta.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 2] The altimeter in an aircraft is an aneroid barometer.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 3] When a 4-cubic-ft block of wood floats in a fluid whose weight density is 60 pounds per cubic foot, 3/4 of the block's volume is submerged. The buoyant force on the block is 60 pounds.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 4] A tire pressure gauge reads 30 psi when the atmospheric pressure is 14 psi. The net force on 2 square inches of the tire is 60 lbs.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 5] A person weighing 200 pounds stands on snowshoes. If the area of each snowshoe is 400 square inches, the pressure on the snow is 0.25 psi.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 6] You press a stick that has a varying cross-sectional area horizontally between the palms of your hands. The area of the stick pushing against your left palm is twice the area of the stick pushing against your right palm.The pressure on your left palm is one half the pressure on your right palm.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 7] You press a stick that has a varying cross-sectional area horizontally between the palms of your hands. The area of the stick pushing against your left palm is twice the area of the stick pushing against your right palm.The force on your left palm is twice than the force on your right palm.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 8] Atmospheric pressure at an altitude of 10,000 m is exactly half of what it is at 5,000 m.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 9] The gauge pressure of the water in a swimming pool at 10 ft is twice the gauge pressure of the water at 5 ft.
a. True
b. False
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[Ques. 10] In a flowing fluid, the pressure where the fluid is moving slower is higher than the pressure where the fluid is moving faster.
a. True
b. False
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