SEKOLAH TUN FATIMAH JOHOR BAHRU

SCIENCE MODULE

FORM TWO

NAME : …………………………………………………………………….

FORM : ………………………………………………………………………

YEAR : ………………

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 CONCEPT MAP

6.0
AIR PRESSURE

6.1 6.2
Air Pressure Applications of the
Principle of Air
Pressure

Kinetic Theory of Gases

 Gas particles move ……………………. in all directions and at a high

speed
 Gas particles constantly …………………. with each other and against the
walls of the container that they occupy.

When air particles collide against

the surface of objects or the
walls of the container that they
occupy, they will
produce ………………… This
force is called ………………….

Air pressure decreases as

altitude ………………… The air at a higher
altitude is ………. …………. than the air at
the lower altitude. This make the collisions of
air particles against the surface less often at
the a higher altitude. Thus air pressure
is ………………. at the top of the mountain
but is higher at the base of a mountain.

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 EXPERIMENTS TO SHOW THAT AIR HAS PRESSURE
EXPERIMENT OBSERVATIONS EXPLAINATION CONCLUSION
1. Keeping water in an inverted glass This is because
the air below the
card board exerts
pressure that acts
upwards.

- A glass is filled with water until it is

full.
- The glass is then covered with a piece
of card.
- While holding the card, the glass is
inverted quickly.
- The hand is then removed.

2. Making a tin dent. The walls of the When water boils,

tin are pushed steam molecule
inwards. push air
molecules out of
the tin.
When the tin is
closed tightly and
splashed with
cold water, the
steam in the tin
condenses into
water.
This cause the air
pressure in the tin
to be lower than
- A tin filled with a little water is air pressure on the
heated until the water boils. outside.
- The mouth of the tin is then covered
tightly and cold water is poured over
the tin.

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EXPERIMENT OBSERVATIONS EXPLAINATION CONCLUSION
3. Lifting newspaper with a ruler.
The air pressure
outside the
newspaper acts on
it and prevents in
from being lifted.

- A ruler is placed on the table with one

end lying over the edge of the table.
- The section of the ruler that is on the
table is covered with a piece of
newspaper.
- The protruding end of the ruler then
tapped.

FACTORS AFFECTNG AIR PRESSURE

( in an enclosed container)

Volume Temperature of gas

When the volume of the At higher temperature
container increases, the space molecules move at higher
for air particles to move around speeds. As a result , the
increases. The particles collide frequency of collision of gas
less frequently with the walls of molecules against the wall
the container. Thus the air of it container also
pressure in the container increases.
decreases

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Principles of air pressure.

Appliances that use the principle of air EXPLANATION

pressure
1. Syringe

2. Siphon

3. Suction pump of a sprayer.

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 Appliances that use the principle of air EXPLANATION
pressure
4. Drinking straw

5. Rubber suckers

6. Vacuum cleaner

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 Using the principles of air pressure to solve the daily problem

Clearing a block pipe Gas under high pressure Pouring condensed milk

Safety measure when

using gas under high
pressure