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Form 2 Chapter 6 Air Pressure

This document discusses air pressure and its effects. It contains diagrams and questions about how air pressure changes in different situations: 1. When the piston of a container is pushed down, the air pressure inside increases as the gas particles are compressed into a smaller space. 2. A suction pump works by decreasing the air pressure inside, allowing it to stick to surfaces. When the pump is pulled away, the air pressure equalizes. 3. Appliances like ink pens use differences in air pressure - pulling up the piston decreases pressure inside and allows ink to be drawn up. When pressure is released, the ink stays in place.

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Form 2 Chapter 6 Air Pressure

This document discusses air pressure and its effects. It contains diagrams and questions about how air pressure changes in different situations: 1. When the piston of a container is pushed down, the air pressure inside increases as the gas particles are compressed into a smaller space. 2. A suction pump works by decreasing the air pressure inside, allowing it to stick to surfaces. When the pump is pulled away, the air pressure equalizes. 3. Appliances like ink pens use differences in air pressure - pulling up the piston decreases pressure inside and allows ink to be drawn up. When pressure is released, the ink stays in place.

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Form 2 Science

Chapter 6

FORM 2 CHAPTER 6
AIR PRESSURE
1. Diagram 1(a) shows a container filled with air.

Air particle

Container

Diagram 1 (a)
(a)(i) What happens to the air pressure in the container when the piston is pushed
downwards?
.
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer.
..
.
[1 mark]
(b)

Draw the arrangement of air particles in the container after the piston is pushed
downwards in Diagram 1.2.
Downwards

Container P

Diagram 1.2

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(c) Diagram 1.2 shows a gas cylinder.

Diagram 1.2
(i) In what state of matter is the gas stored in the gas cylinder?
..
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain what happens to the gas particles when the gas is released from the gas
cylinder.
..
[1 mark]
2.

Diagram 2 shows a suction pump.

X
Y
Diagram 2
(a) What is the function of a suction pump?
.
[1 mark]

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(b)

What happens when the suction pump is pushed onto the surface of sink as
shown in Diagram 2?
.
[2 marks]

(c) What makes the suction pump to be attached firmly onto the surface of the sink?

[1 mark]
(d) What happens to the pressure in X and Y when the pump is pulled upwards again?
.
.
[1 mark]
3. Diagram 3.1 shows a pen being filled with ink.

W
piston

ink

Diagram 3.1
(a) What can be observed when the piston is pulled upwards?
.
[1 mark]
(b) When the piston is pulled upwards, which point, W, X, Y or Z has
(i) the lowest air pressure:

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(ii) the highest air pressure:


.
[2 marks]
(c) Give one example of an appliance which works using the same principle as shown in
Diagram 3.1.
.
[1 mark]
cardboard

water

(b)

(a)
Diagram 3.2

(d) (i) A glass filled with water is covered with a piece of cardboard as shown in Diagram
3..2(a). What can be observed when the glass is inverted as shown in Diagram
3.2(b)?
.
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your observation in (c)(i).
.
..
[2 marks]

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4. Diagram 4.1 shows a plastic bottle attached to a suction pump.

To suction pump

Plastic bottle
Air
Diagram 4.1
(a) (i) What happens to the bottle when air is drawn out of the bottle?

(ii) Explain your observation in (a)(i).

(b) Diagram 4.2 shows a balloon in glass bottle connected to a suction pump.
To suction pump

Glass bottle
Air
Balloon
Diagram 4.2
(i) What happens to the balloon when air is drawn out of the glass bottle?

(ii) Explain your observation in (b)(i).

5. Diagram 5.1 (a) shows a boy using a straw to drink from a packet drink. Diagram 5.1 (b)
shows the condition of the box after he finished drinking
.

Diagram 5.1(a)

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Diagram 5.1(b)

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Chapter 6

(a) hat causes the box to collapse as shown in Diagram 5.1(a)?

(b) (i) What should the boy do to regain the shape of the box?
.
(ii) Explain your answer in (b)(i).

(c) Diagram 5.2 shows how medicine is being drawn into a syringe.

Diagram 5.2
(i) What can be observed when the piston is pulled upwards?

(ii) What happens to the volume of air in the syringe when the piston is pulled upwards?
.
(iii) How does this affect the air pressure in the syringe?
.
(iv) What pushes the medicine into the syringe?
.

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