*pressure and depth in liquids

Cards (2)

  • Example

    water comes from a dam at two levels but the one from further down with more force as pressure in water increases with depth,
    the wall is wider at the bottom to make the wall stronger where the pressure from the water is grater
  • Why does pressure in a liquid increase with depth?
    as you go deeper, there is more liquid above you as the weight of this liquid (caused by gravity) ushes particles of the liquid
    when the particles of the liquid are pushed, the force on the particles increases
    the pressure in the liquid is equal in all directions as he liquid particles move in the same way