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The pushing force divided by the area of contact.
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What do artesian wells use to bring water the surface?
The pressure of solid rock strata pushes the water to the surface.The pressure of solid rock strata pushes the water to the surface.
How are rocks made?
When pressure pushes down on sediment, the sediment turn solid because they have sat aside for a long time and the pressure builds up to form a rock.
What exerted pressure on the piston in newcomen's steam engine cause it to move?
Steam pressure pushes the piston up. Atmospheric Pressure pushes the piston down.
What pushes up magma from deep in the earth?
Solid Rock
When air expands and pushes it is called?
barometric pressure
How is pressure defined?
Gas pressure is defined as a the force of when it pushes out, and when its divided by the area of whatever it is in.
The process in which pressure from the upper layers of sediment pushes down on the lower layers causing the sediments to stick together and form solid rock.?
compaction or cementation, but im pretty sure it is comoaction.
The process in which pressure from the upper layers of sediment pushes down on the lower layers causing the sediments to stick together and form solid rock?
compaction or cementation, but im pretty sure it is comoaction.
What force pushes out magma out of a volcano onto the surface?
Pressure.
What pushes the tectonic plates apart?
a build up of pressure
How would you explain voltage to secondary students?
Voltage is the pressure that pushes electricity through wires (or other conductors) in the same way that water pressure pushes water through pipes.
What does displacement of fluid mean?
a solid pushes water up and out when placed inside
