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What is the unit of measurement for absolute pressure?

  • Pa (correct)
  • PSI
  • cm
  • kg/m

What is the force that attracts the air, resulting in atmospheric pressure?

  • Gravity (correct)
  • Magnetic force
  • Electromagnetic force
  • Frictional force

What is the 'standard' weight of the earth's atmosphere at sea-level?

  • 14.7 PSI (correct)
  • 16.7 PSI
  • 10.7 PSI
  • 17.7 PSI

What is the term for pressure measured relative to the atmospheric pressure at sea level?

<p>Absolute pressure (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for pressure below the atmospheric pressure at sea level?

<p>Vacuum pressure (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for pressure measured above or below the atmospheric pressure at sea level?

<p>Gauge pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mixture of gases that has weight and exerts pressure?

<p>Air (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the absolute pressure scale based on?

<p>Absolute zero pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is gauge pressure measured using?

<p>Atmospheric pressure as a starting point (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a vacuum?

<p>A pressure lower than atmospheric pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the vacuum scale?

<p>To measure pressures in pipes or vessels below atmospheric pressure (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the reading on the mercury vacuum gauge when the pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure?

<p>Zero (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What would be the pressure in a closed chamber if we move all the air out of it?

<p>Absolute zero pressure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when an unconnected pressure gauge with a vacuum scale is read?

<p>It reads zero (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is blood pressure?

<p>The force exerted by the heart against the walls of the blood vessels (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where is blood pressure usually measured in humans?

<p>Over the brachial artery in the arm (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the systolic pressure?

<p>The force that blood exerts on the artery walls as the heart contracts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the normal range of systolic pressure in mmHg?

<p>90-120 mmHg (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the diastolic pressure?

<p>The lower level of pressure in arteries when the heart is at rest (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a healthy blood pressure reading?

<p>110/70 mmHg (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is surface tension pressure?

<p>The pressure exerted by a liquid on its surface (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for the existence of surface tension in a liquid?

<p>Molecules at the surface do not have the same neighbors on all sides (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the strength of surface tension in a liquid?

<p>The type of molecular interactions present (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the surface tension of water high?

<p>Because water molecules interact with each other through strong hydrogen bonds (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the net force experienced by molecules at the surface of a liquid?

<p>A net inward force towards the bulk (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the bulk of a liquid, molecules are interacting with each other in which direction?

<p>Equally in all directions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between molecules at the surface and in the bulk of a liquid?

<p>Their number of neighbors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the typical units of measurement for surface and interfacial tension?

<p>N/m and dynes/cm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why do molecules at the surface of a liquid experience a net force towards the bulk?

<p>Because they do not have the same neighbors on all sides (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of the net inward force experienced by molecules at the surface of a liquid?

<p>An increase in surface tension (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Surface tension arises from adhesive forces between the liquid molecules and the surrounding air.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

At the surface of a liquid, molecules have the same neighbors on all sides.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The surface tension of a liquid is dependent on the type of molecular interactions present.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The units of surface tension are typically measured in meters per second (m/s).

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The net force experienced by molecules at the surface of a liquid is zero.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Molecules in the bulk of a liquid interact equally with each other in all directions.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The surface tension of water is low due to weak molecular interactions.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Surface tension is a property of gases only.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The strength of surface tension is the same for all liquids.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Surface tension is responsible for the pressure exerted by a liquid on its container.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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