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atmospheric pressure is 14 psi at sea level. if your body has a surface area of 15 square feet, 2160 square inches, there is technically a total of 30,000 pounds of air pushing on your body at once. dont quote me on that though i am confident that there is some major flaw in that logic
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It doesnt really matter, as it is also on you from the side and below you. It practically has no effect on you.
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When you drive down a mountain what makes your ears experience those uncomfortable sensations?
Your ears pop on a mountain when there's a difference in air pressure between your inner ear and the air outside. The air in your inner ear exchanges pretty slowly. And since the air is much thinner at the top of the mountain than it is near the bottom, if you go down quickly enough (like by driving) the pressures can't equalize gradually. The higher pressure air at the bottom of the mountain presses on your eardrums until they "pop" and the pressure equalizes. That can hurt!
What is the weight of air of the atmosphere pressing down on earth?
Yes, the atmosphere is at atmospheric pressure, or 1 ATM. A column of air one square inch in cross-section, measured from sea level to the top of the atmosphere, would weigh approximately 14.7 psi (pounds force per square inch).
A sound that is perceived as twice as loud requires how much intensity?
Scroll down to related links and look at "Sound level change and the change of the respective factor of volume / loudness, sound pressure / sound intensity".
How much pressure to crush a car?
about 5000 thousand mm.
What is kilopascal absolute?
A kilopascal is a thousand pascal - a unit of pressure. "Absolute" means the actual pressure - this is in contrast to measuring a pressure DIFFERENCE (usually, how much higher some pressure is, compared to atmospheric pressure).
Does the pressure in the atmosphere increase or decrease?
Going farther up into air, pressure decreases. Going down, pressure increases. When you think about it, more air is pressing down on you when you are standing on earth because more is on top of you. When you are up in the air, there isn't as much air pressing on you which shows that there isn't as much pressure. The same concept applies when under water; The farther you go under, more water is pressing on you than when you are more towards the surface which=more pressure (underwater).
When deep sea fishes are brought up to the surface of the sea their bodies burst why?
The lower you go in the sea, the greater the water pressure, because of all the water above you, pressing down with its weight. To avoid being crushed by the water pressure, fish have an internal body pressure that is equal to that of the external water pressure. When the fish are raised to the surface rapidly, their internal pressure then is much greater than the air pressure, and it can cause their bodies to burst. If they are raised more slowly, the pressure has a chance to equalize. (Exactly the same reasoning to explain why an astronaut's body would burst if he forgot to get into his space suit before he stepped out on the veranda and began a space walk.)
How much air pressure is pushing up against your bodies?
15 lbs of air pressure
Why newborn blood pressure is lower than adults?
Newborns's bodies are alot smaller. It doesn't take much pressure to get around the body.
How much air is pressing on the human body?
The atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14.7 pounds per square inch (14.7 psi)
How much weight of air is pressing down on 1 square inch of the top of your head?
roughly 14.6 pounds
What happens when you apply too much pressure on a touchscreen device?
Considering this question is marked as iOS, I will tell you that no iOS device is pressure sensitive. Instead, they are heat sensitive. This allows you to interact with the touchscreen without needing to press down hard. To answer your question, pressing down hard on your phone will not really make a difference, not unless you press hard enough to crack the screen open.
How do creatures bear high pressures in the oceans?
They have evolved to deal with it by exerting an equal amount of pressure outwards as the average amount of pressure that is pressing down on them from above. Humans have done the same, since we are bearing the weight of the entire atmosphere but never notice! Internally, we are exerting the same pressure outwards to balance it. Certainly this is not as much as at the bottom of the ocean, but without this mechanism we would be crushed.
How much pressure is in the mesosphere?
The pressure is very low. At the bottom of the mesosphere, the pressure is about one thousandth of sea level air pressure. At the top of the mesosphere the pressure is down to only about one millionth of sea level pressure.
How much pressure does water increase in a water line going down hill?
Pressure certainly does increase in a water line going down hill. This is because the weight of the water pulls it.
Is air mass and air pressure the same thing?
No. An air mass is a section of the atmosphere with certain characteristics of temperature and humidity that distinguish it from nearby air masses. Air pressure is, in simple terms, how much the air is pressing down on the surface.
What does pressing mean in baseball?
It seems to be new lingo for when a player is not having success at the plate and is putting too much mental pressure (pressing) on himself to produce; this added pressure contributes to a continuation of poor performance because the player is not relaxing, might be changing his stance, etc. Recently it's been used to describe Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and the entire Marlins team.
