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Because your structure has evolved in order to withstand atmospheric pressure. A creature that could not survive atmospheric pressures would not be able to survive, and therefore would not be able to produce offspring.
All of the body's tissues contain dissolved air (nitrogen & oxygen) at pressure equilibrium with the atmosphere. In effect the body "pushes back" against atmospheric pressure, just as ocean creatures withstand crushing water pressure by mostly consisting of water.
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Why Given that the air pressure outside your body is so great why aren't you crushed?
Pressure inside your body balances the air pressure outside your body.
Why are you not crushed under atmospheric pressure?
The fluids in your body exert pressure and prevent the atmospheric pressure from closing in. Fluids exert pressure on a container the particles collide with each other and the sides of the container.
Air pressure at sea level is 14.7 pounds per square inch why aren't we crushed by this force?
Because the pressure inside our bodies and outside our bodies are equal.
If we put pressure on ice then how can it melt?
Putting pressure on ice can melt it by helping to break it up into smaller pieces, as happens when ice is crushed. Smaller pieces have greater surface area that can be exposed to warmer air.
How is pressure affected by the depth below the surface of a fluid?
Think like this if you but sand in a bucket with a balloon in the bottom will the balloon be crushed? its the same way with water or any liquid the deeper you go the more of the liquid is pushing down on you which makes pressure rise.
IS ambient pressure and atmosperic pressure same?
yes
What is atmosperic pressure of Chicago?
30.31 in as of 4 pm CST.
What effect does increase water vapor have on atmospheric pressure?
it causes a decrease in atmosperic pressure A+
What is atmosperic pressure 2000 feet below sea level?
15.78 psi
What is atmospheric pressure of oxygen at an elevation of 20000 ft above sea level?
The atmosperic pressure would be about 370 millibar
How is psig changed to psia?
add atmosperic pressure to gage pressure to convert to psia one atm standard = 14.7 psi
What happens if a human body is crushed by water pressure?
They are crushed
Why you are not crushed by atomspheric pressure?
The fluids in your body also exert pressure.
Would a can of coke be crushed due to gravity or atmosphereic pressure in venus?
I think it can because there is a lot of atmospheric pressure so it can be crushed at one point.It would be crushed very quickly. The pressure on Venus is almost 100 times the pressure on earth. The gravity on Venus is less than the gravity on earth, however.
Why aren't people crushed by the air pressure they experience?
wrong
Why are you crushed by atmospheric pressure?
The force is equal to when you experience these feelings.
Why aren't people crushed by the air pressure the experience?
wrong
