1. What measures the force applied per unit area?

2. Which law states that pressure applied to an enclosed uid is transmitted undiminished
throughout the uid?
3. What is the SI unit of pressure?
4. Which principle explains why ships oat?
5. What term describes the upward force exerted by a uid on an immersed object?
6. Which device is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
7. What is the force acting on an object due to gravity called?
8. What is the effect of pressure when the area over which it acts is decreased?
9. Which law states that the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume at
constant temperature?
10. What term describes the point at which the entire weight of an object appears to act?
Answers

1. Pressure
2. Pascal's
3. Pascal
4. Archimedes'
5. Buoyancy
6. Barometer
7. Weight
8. Increases
9. Boyle's
10. Center

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