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Form 2 Chapter 6 Air Pressure
Form 2 Chapter 6 Air Pressure
Chapter 6
FORM 2 CHAPTER 6
AIR PRESSURE
Air particle
Container
Diagram 1 (a)
(a) (i) What happens to the air pressure in the container when the piston is pushed
downwards?
.
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer.
..
.
[1 mark]
(b) Draw the arrangement of air particles in the container after the piston is pushed
downwards in Diagram 1.2.
Downwards
Container P
Diagram 1.2
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[1 mark]
(c) Diagram 1.2 shows a gas cylinder.
Diagram 1.2
(i) In what state of matter is the gas stored in the gas cylinder?
..
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain what happens to the gas particles when the gas is released from the gas
cylinder.
..
[1 mark]
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X
Y
Diagram 2
(a) What is the function of a suction pump?
.
[1 mark]
(b) What happens when the suction pump is pushed onto the surface of sink as shown in
Diagram 2?
.
[2 marks]
(c) What makes the suction pump to be attached firmly onto the surface of the sink?
[1 mark]
(d) What happens to the pressure in X and Y when the pump is pulled upwards again?
.
.
[1 mark]
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W
piston
ink
Diagram 3.1
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cardboard
water
(b)
(a)
Diagram 3.2
(d) (i) A glass filled with water is covered with a piece of cardboard as shown in Diagram
3..2(a). What can be observed when the glass is inverted as shown in Diagram
3.2(b)?
.
[1 mark]
(ii)
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Plastic bottle
Air
Diagram 4.1
(a) (i) What happens to the bottle when air is drawn out of the bottle?
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your observation in (a)(i).
[2 marks]
(b) Diagram 4.2 shows a balloon in glass bottle connected to a suction pump.
To suction pump
Glass bottle
Air
Balloon
Diagram 4.2
(i)
What happens to the balloon when air is drawn out of the glass bottle?
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[1 mark]
(ii)
[2 marks]
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5. Diagram 5.1 (a) shows a boy using a straw to drink from a packet drink. Diagram 5.1 (b)
shows the condition of the box after he finished drinking
.
Diagram 5.1(b)
Diagram 5.1(a)
[1 mark]
(b) (i) What should the boy do to regain the shape of the box?
.
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer in (b)(i).
[2 marks]
(c) Diagram 5.2 shows how medicine is being drawn into a syringe.
Diagram 5.2
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[1 mark]
(ii) What happens to the volume of air in the syringe when the piston is pulled upwards?
.
[1 mark]
(iii) How does this affect the air pressure in the syringe?
.
[1 mark]
(iv) What pushes the medicine into the syringe?
.
[1 mark]
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