LEARNING AS ONE NATION S.Y.

2020-2021
Expanded Project Science 10_Q4_2

JHS L E A R N I N G ACTIVITY
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Activity Title: Pressure

Learning Target: 1.To define pressure
2.To convert units of pressure
References: 1. Brown et al., Chemistry: The Central Science. pp. 384-386.
(Author, Title, Pages)
2. Image credit: http://makerwala.in/ ; licensed under CC BY-SA
3. M.D.A.D. Cadeliña and P. Galos, CVIF-DLP Learning Activities
The force (F) per unit area (A) pressing against a surface is known as
pressure. Mathematically, pressure can be expressed as:
𝐅
𝐏=
𝐀
The pressure in the tire of a bicycle wheel, for example, is caused by air
molecules inside the tire bumping against its inner walls. The pascal (Pa), named
after Blaise Pascal (French physicist, 1623-1662), is the SI unit of pressure,
with 1 Pa equal to a force of 1 newton per square meter (N/m2).
A barometer was invented by Evangelista Torricelli
(Italian physicist, 1608-1647) to measure air pressure.
The instrument has a 760-mm long narrow glass tube
inverted in a dish with mercury. Atmospheric pressure
pushes down on the mercury in the dish, and the
mercury rises in the tube. The pressure that can
maintain the height of 760-mm of the mercury column is
standard air pressure. It is the air pressure at sea level. Below are different
equivalent units of gas pressure used for different purposes. (Note, there
might be small differences in some decimals.) One atmosphere (atm) is the
atmospheric pressure at sea level. The psi (pounds per square inch) is used in
the USA. The bar is equal to 100 kPa (or 100,000 Pa).
1 atm = 760 mmHg = 760 torr = 1.01325 × 105 Pa = 14.7 psi = 1.01325 bar

Example: Convert 1025 mmHg to atm.

1 atm 1025
Solution: 1025 mmHg × = atm = 1.35 atm
760 mmHg 760
Exercises: Convert the following to the required unit of pressure. Show your
neat step-by-step solutions.
a) 2.05 atm to torr b) 250.0 kPa to atm c) 380 mmHg to atm
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