It will be easier to lift a full tank of oxygen when underwater than when on land. Why is this so? a. It is because the acceleration due to gravity g is less when underwater. b. That is because water exerts a buoyant force on the tank, thus minimizing the weight that you need to lift. c. No, it will be just as hard as on land because the mass of the tank remains the same. d. No, it will be just as hard as on land because the weight of the tank is still there.
Fluid Pressure
The term fluid pressure is coined as, the measurement of the force per unit area of a given surface of a closed container. It is a branch of physics that helps to study the properties of fluid under various conditions of force.
Gauge Pressure
Pressure is the physical force acting per unit area on a body; the applied force is perpendicular to the surface of the object per unit area. The air around us at sea level exerts a pressure (atmospheric pressure) of about 14.7 psi but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone as the bodily fluids are constantly pushing outwards with the same force but if one swims down into the ocean a few feet below the surface one can notice the difference, there is increased pressure on the eardrum, this is due to an increase in hydrostatic pressure.
It will be easier to lift a full tank of oxygen when underwater than when on land. Why is this so?
a. It is because the acceleration due to gravity g is less when underwater.
b. That is because water exerts a buoyant force on the tank, thus minimizing the weight that you need to lift.
c. No, it will be just as hard as on land because the mass of the tank remains the same.
d. No, it will be just as hard as on land because the weight of the tank is still there.
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