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At sea level, Earth's atmosphere pushes down with about 14 pounds of pressure per every square inch. This is because the gasses in the atmosphere have weight. Above sea level, however, the atmosphere thins. Water is much denser than the atmosphere, and thus weighs more and will exert more pressure on anything submerged in it. As depth increases, the amount of water pushing on water increases, so at lower depths the water is actually denser and weighs more. This means that pressure increases with depth.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 16y agowell the simple explaination works like this. Have you ever put a gallon of water above your head? When you do the roughly eight pounds pushes down on your body. Now imagine that the ocean is that milk jug, the weight of the millions of tons of water are pushing down on you creating pressure on every part of your body that can be compressed. The deeper into water the more water there is above your head, thus increasing the pressure. I will use the simple terms that i can understand. I am not a scientist, but the principle is simple. If you were to take a gallon of water and place it above your head, you would feel the eight pounds of pressure pushing down on your body. Now as your body decends into water, more and more water is pushing down onto your body, thus increasing the pressure exerted onto your body. Another example is placing a 5 lb weight on your stomach. Then place another five pound weight on that one, so on and so on. The deeper you decend into water there is more weight above you to create pressure.
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∙ 9y agoFluid pressure increases with depth because the weight of the liquid on top of the measuring level exerts force downwards. It is the same effect as piling up 10 plates because the one below gets all the pressure.
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∙ 13y agoThe deeper you go, the greater the weight of the masses of Earth above. Pressure is simply force (weight) divided by area.
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∙ 15y agoBecause there is more weight above
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How are fluid speed and fluid pressure related?
As the speed of a fluid increases, the pressure within the fluid decreases.
How does atmospheric pressure varies with depth?
The pressure increases as the atmosphere gets deeper. At lower levels of the atmosphere there is more fluid above that is being pulled by Earth's gravitational force .So, there is more pressure at lower levels of the atmosphere.
As the velocity of a fluid increases the pressure exerted by the fluid decreases this statement is?
Bernoulli's Principle
Does atmospheric pressure increase or decrease under sea level?
It increases. The lower you go, the more mass there is in the column of air (or water) above you. The earth's gravitational attraction pulls that column downward. In a fluid, the pressure is equal in all directions.
Does Archimedes principle state that increasing the pressure on one spot of a fluid will increase the pressure everywhere else in the fluid?
Not so. The above is Pascal's law
Why doesfluid pressure increase as depth increases?
Due to the weight of the fluid above you.
Which is true about the pressure of a fluid at a specific depth?
The pressure of a fluid generally increases with depth. This therefore means that at a specific depth the pressure of a fluid is constant.
Why Does Pressure Increase As Depth Increases?
Fluid pressure increases with depth because the weight of the liquid on top of the measuring level exerts force downwards. It is the same effect as piling up 10 plates because the one below gets all the pressure.
Why does pressure increase as depth increase?
Fluid pressure increases with depth because the weight of the liquid on top of the measuring level exerts force downwards. It is the same effect as piling up 10 plates because the one below gets all the pressure.
How does height affect fluid pressure?
As the depth of a fluid column increases, the pressure at the bottom increases due to the weight of the additional material above.j3h.
What is the relationship between liquid pressure and depth of a liquid?
As the depth of the fluid increases, the pressure increases. To explain this mathematicaly you consider the Sg of the fluid times the height of the column multiplied by gravity will give you the pressure at the base of the column
What happens to a fluid when its temperature increase?
its pressure increases
What happens when to fluid when its temperature increase?
its pressure increases
When you exert force on a fluid in a closed container does the pressure increase decrease or remain constant?
The pressure increases.
Why does density of liquid increases with increasing depth?
Density of a liquid increases with increasing depth because it is being compressed between the weight of matter above it's self and whatever is retaining it. Mass per unit volume (density) increases through only two ways condensing or abating heat.
Explain why fluid pressure varies with depth in a liquid and a gas?
Because the mass of the fluid column increase.
Does depth affect water resistance?
Resistance of water is probably defined as pressure being applied by water on objects and as it's stated in fluid mechanics books pressure increases as height decreases or depth increases, so simply the answer is "yes".
