FORM 2 SCIENCE CHAPTER 6 AIR PRESSURE

1. Air Pressure c. Crushing of tin can.

a. Is collision of air particles on the wall of
the container
b. Air is a substance that is made up of
matter. It fills space and has weight.
c. Atmospheric pressure is caused by air in
the atmosphere.
Force
d. Pressure = = Nm 2
Area i. When water boils, steam molecules push
i. The bigger the area, the smaller the air molecules out of the can before the
F can is closed tightly.
pressure. P = ii. When the can is cooled by cold water on
A
ii. The smaller the area, the bigger the the outside, the steam inside the can is
F condensed into water. The air pressure
pressure. P = inside the can become lower than the
A
outside atmospheric pressure.
2. Air exerts pressure iii. Hence the walls of the can are pushed
a. (i) The water does not spill because inwards by the higher atmospheric
atmospheric pressure upward on the pressure until the can crushes.
cardboard is sufficient to hold the water
d. Atmospheric pressure on the surface of
paper.

(ii) Atmospheric pressure from all direction.

b. Milk only flows out when two holes are
made on the can.

i.When the portion of the ruler which

just out is tapped suddenly, the other
end of ruler does not move upwards.
ii. This is because atmospheric pressure
i. The milk cant flow out with a hole as forces downwards on the paper.
the atmospheric air pressure is higher e. Action of atmospheric pressure on an
than the air pressure inside the can. egg.(hard boiled shelless egg)
ii. The air enters the upper hole and
equalizes the air pressure inside and
outside the can and push the milk to
flow out continuously.
.

i. The egg is placed at the mouth of the

bottle.

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 ii. After the pieces of paper have been
burnt, it is observed that the egg will
slowly move into the bottle.
iii. This is because when the pieces of
paper have been completely burnt, the
air inside the bottle becomes less and
pressure drops.
iv. The atmospheric pressure outside
bottle (which is higher) pushes the egg
into the bottle (which is lower).
3. a. Syringe
- The balloon increases in size because the
air pressure outside the balloon becomes
lower than inside the balloon.
c.
The plastic container becomes dented
when the air is sucked out from the
container because the air pressure inside
the container is lower than the
atmosphere pressure.

4. Effect of temperature on the volume of air /

air pressure
- temperature , volume , air
Diagram (i) Diagram (ii) pressure , particles move
Low Pressure High Pressure faster
i. Distance i. Distance between
between air air particles
particles decrease / nearer. 5. Rubber suction hook
increase. ii. The frequency of
ii. The frequency collisions become
of collisions greater.
become lesser. iii. Volume smaller
iii. Volume bigger iv. Pressure higher
iv. Pressure lower v. Particles move
v. Particles move faster. - The bigger the diameter of the rubber
slower. suction, the stronger it sticks onto the
wall.
b.
6. A dented ping pong ball becomes round
again when put into hot water. The hot air
inside the ping pong exerts higher pressure on
the wall of the ping pong ball to be round
again.
7. Pump more air into a balloon

i. The distance of air particles decrease.

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 ii. The rate of collision is higher. 9.
iii. The pressure increase
iv. The particles move faster / Kinetic energy
higher.
v. Air particles strike the walls more
frequently. Air is cooled Air is heated
- distance nearer / - distance further a
8. Mercury Barometer closer apart
i. To measure the atmospheric pressure. - kinetic energy - kinetic energy
lower / collision higher / collision
lower / particles greater / particles
move slower move faster
- pressure lower - pressure higher
- loss of heat - absorb heat
Mass, size, number of
ii. The height of the mercury decrease when molecules and the
the apparatus is bought up the top of the weight remain
mountain which has lower atmospheric unchanged
pressure.

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