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Learning Objective
6.1 Understanding air pressure
INQUIRY Air pressure
6.1 EXPERIMENT Inquiry-Discovery
glass
water
cardboard
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ANALYSIS 1 What acts on the thick cardboard to support the water in the glass?
Air pressure
2 In the diagram below, draw an arrow (→) to show the direction of air pressure acting
on the cardboard.
glass
water
thick
cardboard
INQUIRY
6.2 EXPERIMENT
Factors that influence air pressure Inquiry-Discovery
1 Blow up a balloon and tie its mouth tightly with a rubber band.
2 Press hard on both sides of the balloon with your hands as shown in Diagram (a) and record
if you can feel the pressure inside the balloon.
3 Put a dented ping-pong ball into hot water as shown in Diagram (b) and record your
observation.
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1 Balloon is pressed. Pressure inside the balloon is felt.
2 Dented ping-pong ball is put
The ping-pong ball becomes spherical again .
into hot water.
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ANALYSIS 1 What happens to the volume of air in the balloon when it is pressed?
Decreases
pressure.
3 What happens to the air particles in the ping-pong ball when it is heated?
The air particles move faster and collide more frequently
CONCLUSION The pressure of air is influenced by the volume and temperature of the air.
Learning Objective
6.2 Applying the principle of air pressure
DISCUSSION Air pressure
6.3 Activity Contextual
Study the laboratory activity below and draw the expected observation in the box provided. Then, fill in
the blanks with the suitable words.
water
L.P. H.P.
L.P.
dirt
H.P.
6.3 LO • Explain with examples things that use the principle of air 6.4 LO • Generate ideas to solve problems using the principle of air
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Dear students,
This section contains questions with
frequently asked concepts and facts
in the PMR examination. Master these
concepts and facts by answering
the following questions.
1 Draw the direction of the air pressure that 2 Draw the observation of the following experiment.
acts on the cardboard. cold water
glass
water
cardboard
heat
Diagram 1 Diagram 2
3 Air pressure in a closed container will increase 4 State factors that influence gas pressure.
when,
The volume of gas
(a) the number of gas particles (increase, decreases). (a)
The temperature
(b) the volume of the container (increases, decreases). (b)
(c) the gas is (heated, cooled).
5 Name these devices. Mark ‘H’ to show high pressure area and ‘L’ to show low pressure area.
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
Suction
Siphon
Syringe pump
H H
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Drinking
straw L
L H
H
L
L
dirt H
Diagram 3
6 Complete the following statement.
cooled
Gas will change to liquid if it is or placed under
high pressure
, such as in a gas cylinder.
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Paper 2
Section A
Answer all the questions.
(b) Draw an arrow (:) in the diagram below to show the direction that air pressure acts on the cardboard.
→
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(c) What conclusion can be made from this activity?
Air exerts pressure
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to filter ←
pump
→
→
→ plastic
X bottle
air →
→
The diagram above shows an experiment carried out to study the effect of air pressure.
(a) What can you observe after awhile?
The plastic bottle becomes dented.
(c) Mark X in the diagram above to show the location of lower air pressure.
(d) Draw arrows (→) in the diagram above to show the action of air pressure on the plastic bottle.
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