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1 PRESSURE IN LIQUIDS
Experiment 1: Water pressure and depth
Hypothesis:
Water pressure increases with depth
Aim of the experiment:
To find the relationship between the pressure in a liquid according to its depth
Variables:
Manipulated: Depth of liquid
Responding: Pressure in liquid
Constant: Density of liquid
Apparatus and Materials: Measuring cylinder, thistle funnel, rubber tube,
manometer, metre rule
Setup:
Procedure:
1. Apparatus is set up as shown in the diagram.
2. The measuring cylinder is completely filled with water.
3. The thistle funnel is lowered into the water to a depth of 10.0 cm. The
manometer
reading is measured. The difference in the liquid heights in the manometer
represent
the pressure reading.
4. Step 3 is repeated with values of depth 20.0 cm, 30.0 cm, 40.0 cm and
50.0 cm.
Results:
Depth (cm)

Manometer
reading

10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
Analysis:
A graph of pressure against depth is drawn.
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Conclusion:
It is observed that the manometer reading increases as the depth of the
thistle funnel
increases. This shows that the pressure increases with the depth of the liquid.
Hypothesis proven.