Pressure Fundamentals Quiz

Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.

Some of these derive from a unit of force divided by a unit of area; the SI unit of pressure, the ______ (Pa), for example, is one newton per square metre (N/m2); similarly, the pound-force per square inch (psi, symbol lbf/in2) is the traditional unit of pressure in the imperial and US customary systems.

Gauge pressure (also spelled gage pressure) is the pressure relative to the ambient pressure.

Pressure may also be expressed in terms of standard ______; the atmosphere (atm) is equal to this pressure, and the torr is defined as 1⁄760 of this.

Manometric units such as the centimetre of water, millimetre of mercury, and inch of mercury are used to express pressures in terms of the height of column of a particular fluid in a manometer.