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Pressure (page 17)

If you pump a tyre up what happens to


pressure? Your raise must be witten or highlighted
The pressure increases in green
AS you pump up the tyre you are putting more
particles into the tyre
These bounce against each other and the wall of
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the tyre, if you overfill it then then tyre will
E1: Explain how dolphins are adapted to reduce drag
burst
E2: What is the law of moments?
E3: How are moments useful when trying to open a tin
Why are dams thicker If you heat up a can
of paint?
at the bottom? then why does it
There is more water crush in water?
acting on the dame with When you heat the
a greater pressure. can the particles Calculate the stress
Therefore the dame inside move further
has to be thicker to apart and reduce the S = F = 600 = 2N/cm2
withstand the higher pressure. a 300
pressure compared to When you cool them
the surface of the quickly they go closer The area is 300 because there are 2 feet
water together and the
external pressure
crushes the can

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