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What happens to the pressure in a liquid as depth increases?
Think about what’s above the measurement point.
What is the unit of pressure?
What do we call one Newton per square meter?
How is pressure in a fluid affected by depth?
Consider what happens to weight as you go deeper.
True or False: Mercury will exert less pressure than water at the same depth.
Think about the densities of both liquids.
Calculate the pressure at a depth of 20 meters in a fluid with a density of 1,200 kg/m³.
Use the pressure formula and plug in the values.
Discuss how pressure changes within the ocean as depth increases, explaining how density and pressure of seawater varies.
Consider the environmental factors affecting density.
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