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Yes. The water pressure exerted on your body is greater than air pressure, and increases with depth.
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Why is the pressure under water greater than the pressure at the surface?
The weight of air in the Earthâ??s atmosphere is 1 kg per square centimeter at sea level. The pressure under water is greater that the pressure at the surface because of the water pressing down heavily.
Why do kites ascend in flight?
In an air flow the pressure above the kite is lower and the pressure under the kite is greater; as a result the kite ascend to lower pressures.
How do planes stay in the air and keep flying?
Because the air-pressure under their Wings is greater than the air-pressure above their Wings. See the aero-foil.
Why it is easier to cut with a sharp knife than blunt knife?
area of the edge of the blade is smaller for a sharp knife. so for the same force the pressure under the blade will be greater and smaller force required to give the same pressure.
Would you feel more pressure 5 m underwater in a pool or 2 m underwater in the lake?
Under 5 m of water the pressure will be greater than under 2 m of water. The shape of the body of water is irrelevant.
When heat and pressure is applied to any rock it becomes?
It becomes hot and under pressure. At some stage, with sufficient heat and pressure it could become a metamorphic rock.
When heat and pressure is applied to any rock it becomes what?
It becomes hot and under pressure. At some stage, with sufficient heat and pressure it could become a metamorphic rock.
What happens when mudstone is put under heat and pressure?
it becomes slate
Why is the pressure under water greater than the pressure at the surface?
The weight of air in the Earthâ??s atmosphere is 1 kg per square centimeter at sea level. The pressure under water is greater that the pressure at the surface because of the water pressing down heavily.
Why air does not come from tire when it is under pumping?
The pressure from the pump is greater than the pressure within the tyre
Would expect pressure exerted by water to be greater or less than the pressure exerted by the same amount of mercury?
if you were to immerse yourself under a meter of mercury the pressure experienced would be greater than if you were to immerse yourself under a meter of water.
What metamorphic rock becomes under heat and pressure?
this is called a ingneous rock
Can rocks be recycled?
Any rock can become a sedimentary rock (even another sedimentary rock) is it is broken down by erosion, and the resulting sediment is then redeposited, undergoes compaction and consolidation and then lithification (lithification is just the process of becoming a rock)Any rock can become a metamorphic rock if it is subject to sufficient pressure and temperature as a result of deep burial (which will result in both high heat and high pressure) or mostly pressure e.g from the pressure of two continental plates colliding.examples - mudstone under high pressure becomes slateLimestone under moderately high temperature and pressure becomes marble.Granite under intense pressure and Temperature short of actual remelting becomes a gneiss, if the greiss undergoes even greater pressure and temperature it can become a schist.Finally, any rock subject to sufficient temperature as a result of very deep burial will melt, become magma, and ofthe magma them eventually cools enough to crystallise you have a new igneous rock
What is dry ice and what happens when the pressure under which it is stored is decreased to the atmosphere?
dry ice is carbon di oxide when pressure is decreased it becomes gas
How does a metamorphic rock become igneous?
by going under heat and pressure
Why kites ascend in flight?
In an air flow the pressure above the kite is lower and the pressure under the kite is greater; as a result the kite ascend to lower pressures.
How airplanes can fly in air in spite of being heavier than air?
The air pressure under the wings is greater that the pressure over the wings creating lift.
