10 Questions
What is the SI unit of pressure?
Pascal (Pa)
What is gauge pressure?
Pressure relative to the ambient pressure
What is the traditional unit of pressure in the imperial and US customary systems?
Pound-force per square inch (psi)
What is the atmosphere (atm) equal to in terms of pressure?
1⁄760 of standard atmospheric pressure
Which unit is used to express pressure in terms of the height of a column of a particular fluid in a manometer?
Centimetre of water
What is the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level approximately equal to?
1 atm
As elevation increases, what happens to atmospheric pressure?
It decreases
What is the unit of pressure defined as 101,325 Pa?
Standard atmosphere (atm)
What is the atmospheric pressure closely approximated by in most circumstances?
Hydrostatic pressure caused by the weight of air
What is the Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level equivalent to in millibars?
1,013.25 millibars
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