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Pressure; Forces in Fluids
The word pressure is related to the word press and refers to a force
pushing on a surface. Force and pressure are related, but they are not the
same. Pressure is equal to the force exerted on a surface divided by the
total area over which the force is exerted. The amount of pressure you
exert depends on the area over which you exert the force.
Pressure
Force = ------------Area
The SI unit of pressure is called the pascal (Pa). One newton of force on
Vocabulary
6. What is pressure?
7. What is a fluid?
8. What is the definition of one pascal of pressure?
less weight to support. The air pressure at higher elevations is less than
the air pressure at lower elevations. Air pressure can be measured with a
device called a barometer.
Water pressure increases as depth increases. At greater depths, there
is more water pushing down from above and therefore more weight to
support. The water pressure at greater depths is more than the water
pressure at lesser depths. The total pressure underwater is a sum of the
water pressure plus the air pressure above the water.