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What happens to the pressure of the earth as depth below the surface increases?
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the pressure decreases
the pressure increases
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Which of these processes would not produce liquid rock below the surface?
Decreasing the pressure will not produce liquid rock below the surface.
What is the relationship between the density of earth materials and depth below the surface of the earth?
As the depth increases, the density increases also.
What kind of pressure does a column of air exert on the air or surface below it?
air pressure
How does atmospheric pressure change with height above sea level?
Atmospheric pressure is the weight of the air above the surface of the earth. As elevation increases, there is less air above the location and the pressure is lower. At sea level the column of air above the area is greater.?æ
Why does the pressure increase under soil?
Soil pressure increases with depth due to the overburden or self-weight of the soil and also due to loads imposed upon the soil. For example, the pressure variation below the depth of soil is linear and the relation is given by pressure = unit wt * depth. As depth increases, there will be a linear increase in the soil pressure.
What happens to temperature as depth below earth surface increases?
It increases up to a certain point.
Does pressure and temperature increase or decrease with depth below earths surface?
it increases
Where the pressure is greater 10m above the surface of the sea 20m below the surface of the sea?
Pressure increases the deeper you sink beneath the surface of the sea. So 20 metres below the surface has more pressure than 10 metres above the surface.
What describes how temperature and pressure change with depth below Earth's surface?
Both temperature and pressure increase with depth.
What affects water pressure?
For any body of water near sea level, the pressure increases by 1 ATM per 33 feet below the surface.
What increases the pressure of a gas below?
air
What is the pressure in atmospheres on the body of a diver if he is 21 ft below the surface when the atmospheric pressure at the surface is 0.94 atm?
The pressure of freshwater increases by 1 atm for each 34 ft of depth. The pressure of seawater increases by 1 atm for each 33 ft of depth. If surface pressure is 0.97 atm, simply add that pressure to the pressure of the water. For seawater, you are exactly 1 atm below the surface... So: 1 atm + 0.97 atm = 1.97 atm For freshwater, divide 33 by 34 to get the fraction of an atmosphere you're adding to your surface pressure: 33/34 * 1 = 0.97 atm Then add that number to the surface pressure: 0.97 + 0.97 = 0.94 atm
What is the pressure at the 500 m below the seawater surface?
Every 10 meters you go down, the pressure increases by about 1 bar. You must also consider the air pressure, which is about 1 bar. You can base your calculations on that.
How and why do temperature and pressure vary with ocean depth?
At sea level,the pressure of the atmosphere pushing down on the ocean surface is reffered to as 1 atmosphere of pressure.An atmosphere is the pressure exerted on a surface at sea level by the column of air above it.As you go below the oceans surface ,the pressure increases because of the force of the water molecules pushing down.
Where is the pressure greater . in 10 m below the surface of the sea or 20 m below the surface of the sea?
The greater the depth the greater the pressure.
When does a volcano happen?
A volcano happens whenever the pressure of the melted rocks below the earth becomes great enough to break through the surface.
In general as elevation increases from the ground up what happens to atmospheric pressure?
Pressure decreases. This is because atmospheric pressure is a measure of the weight of the atmosphere weighing down. If you are high in the atmosphere, much of the atmosphere is below you so the pressure from above will be very small.
