Direction: Answer the following problems below (5pts each)

1. The body of a man whose weight is 690 N contains about 5.2 x 10 m³ (5.5 qt) of blood. (a) Find the blood’s
weight and (b) express it as a percentage of the body weight.

2. Suppose that the pressure acting on the back of a swimmer’s hand is 1.2 x 10’ Pa, a realistic value near the
bottom of the diving end of a pool. The surface area of the back of the hand is 8.4 x 103 m². (a) Determine the
magnitude of the force that acts on it. (b) Discuss the direction of the force.

3. As you climb a mountain, your ears “pop” because of the changes in atmospheric pressure. In which direction,
outward or inward, does your eardrum move (a) as you climb up and (b) as you climb down? Why?

4. A bottle of juice is sealed under partial vacuum, with a lid on which a red dot or “button” is painted. Around the
button the following phrase is printed: “Button pops up when seal is broken.” Why does the button remain
pushed in when the seal is intact? (a) The pressure inside the bottle is greater than the pressure outside the
bottle. (b) The pressure inside the bottle is less than the pressure outside the bottle. (c) There is a greater force
acting on the interior surface of the seal than acts on the exterior surface. Explain your answer.

5. A method for resealing a partially full bottle of wine under a vacuum uses a specially designed rubber stopper to
close the bottle. A simple pump is attached to the stopper, and to remove air from the bottle, the plunger of the
pump is pulled up and then released. After about 15 pull-and-release cycles the wine is under a partial vacuum.
On the fifteenth pull-and-release cycle, does it require (a) more force, (b) less force, or (c) the same force to pull
the plunger up than it did on the first cycle?

6. Lake Mead is the largest wholly artificial reservoir in the United States and was formed after the completion of
the Hoover Dam in 1936. As Figure 11.6a suggests, the water in the reservoir backs up behind the dam for a
considerable distance (about 200 km or 120 miles). Suppose that all the water were removed, except for a
relatively narrow vertical column in contact with the dam. Figure 11.6b shows a side view of this hypothetical
situation, in which the water against the dam has the same depth as in Figure 11.6a. How would the dam
needed to contain the water in this hypothetical reservoir compare with the Hoover Dam? Would it need to be
(a) Less massive or (b) equally massive?

7. The physics of pumping water from a well. Figure 11.10 shows two methods for pumping water from a well. In
one method, the pump is submerged in the water at the bottom of the well, while in the other, it is located at
ground level. If the well is shallow, either technique can be used. However, if the well is very deep, only one of
the methods works. Which pumping method works, (a) the submerged pump or (b) the pump located at ground
level?
8. A scuba diver is swimming under water, and the graph shows a plot of the water pressure acting on the diver as a
function of time. In each of the three regions, (a) A B, (b) B C, and
(c) C D, does the depth of the diver increase, decrease, or remain constant?

9. A 15-meter-high tank is closed and completely filled with water. A valve is then opened at the bottom of the
tank and water begins to flow out. when the water stops flowing, will the tank be completely empty, or will there
still be a noticeable amount of water in it?

10. Could you use a straw to sip a drink on the moon? (a) Yes. It would be no different than drinking with a straw on
earth. (b) No, because there is no air on the moon and, therefore, no air pressure to push the liquid up the straw.
(c) Yes, and it is easier on the moon because the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is only of that on the
earth.

11. Scuba diver is below the surface of the water when a storm approaches, dropping the air pressure above the
water. Would a sufficiently sensitive pressure gauge attached to his wrist register this drop in air pressure?
Assume that the diver’s wrist does not move as the storm approaches.