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Question

As we go down underwater in an ocean, the water pressure:

The correct answer is

Increases

According to Pascal's law, pressure in a fluid increases with depth due to the weight of the overlying water. This is why deep-sea divers require special suits to withstand high pressure.

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Important Questions from Physics

  1. Two balls, A and B, are thrown simultaneously, a vertically upward with a speed of 20 m/s from the ground and B vertically downward from a height of 40 m with the same speed and along the same line of motion. At what points do the two balls collide by taking acceleration due to gravity as 9.8 m/s 2?

  2. On the basis of which principle does soap clean surfaces?

  3. Which one of the following devices is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

  4. Which one of the following energy is stored in the links between the atoms?

  5. Who among the following has explained the phenomenon of photoelectric effect?

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