The Indian Public School – Cambridge International

Force and pressure

WA Name: _________________________________ Class & sec: ________ Date: ________

LO1: To understand the atmospheric pressure.

LO2: To analyze the pressure of gas using barometer

Skill: Thinking.

1. Write down two ways in which the pressure in the atmosphere is like the pressure in a
liquid. [2]
2. Explain why, when you 'suck' on a straw, the liquid travels up it.
[2]
3. If a mercury barometer were carried up a mountain, how would you expect the height of
the mercury column to change? [2]
4. Look at the diagram of the manometer on this page. If atmospheric pressure is 760 mm
of mercury:

a. What is the excess pressure of the gas supply (in mm of mercury)? [1]
b. What is the actual pressure of the gas supply (in mm of mercury)? [1]
c. What is the actual pressure of the gas supply (in Pa)? [2]
5. * If, on a particular day, atmospheric pressure is 730 mm of mercury, what is this
a. a in pascals b in atmospheres c in millibars? [2]