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Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

________ is an instrument used to measure the atmospheric pressure.

  1. <span>Barometer</span>

  2. Calorimeter

  3. Thermometer

  4. Speedometer
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Barometer is the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure.

calorimeter and thermometer is used to measure temperatture.
speedometer is used to measure the speed of the vehicles.
so option (A) is correct

Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

A barometric liquid having high density produces a shorter column of liquid.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 pressure = $\rho$gh 

pressure remains constant so as $\rho$ will increase height will be shortened to get the same pressure .
so given statement is true , hence option (A) is correct

Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

A barometer reads mercury level of $72\ cm$ at a location above sea level. If someone turns barometer  tube by $37^{o}$ with vertical, find the new reading of barometer.

  1. $76\ cm$

  2. $72\ cm$

  3. $90\ cm$

  4. $68\ cm$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The vertical height of the mercury column in a barometer is independent of the tube's inclination. If the vertical height is 72 cm, tilting the tube by 37 degrees means the length of the mercury column along the tube will be L = 72 / cos(37). Since cos(37) is approximately 0.8, L = 72 / 0.8 = 90 cm.

Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

The empty space above mercury in a simple barometer is called _______vaccum

  1. pressure

  2. barometric

  3. torricellian

  4. mercuric
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Torricellian vacuum
The vacuum formed when a long tube, closed at one end and filled with mercury, is inverted into a mercury reservoir so that the open end of the tube is below the surface of the mercury. The pressure inside the Torricellian vacuum is the vapour pressure of mercury, about $103\ torr.$

Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

The space above the mercury in a simple barometer is called 

  1. Torcelian vacuum

  2. Newton's vacuum

  3. Archimede's vacuum

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Torricellian vacuum
The vacuum formed when a long tube, closed at one end and filled with mercury, is inverted into a mercury reservoir so that the open end of the tube is below the surface of the mercury. The pressure inside the Torricellian vacuum is the vapour pressure of mercury, about 103 torr.

Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

The moisture present in mercury ______ the barometric height of simple barometer

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. doesn't change

  4. can't say
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Explanation

The instrument that measures air pressure is a barometer.  There are two types of barometers, mercury and aneroid. In 1643, Toricelli invented the mercury barometer when he inserted a glass tube in a dish of mercury and observed the day-to-day variations in the height of the mercury column. When the atmospheric pressure was high, the greatest pressure was exerted on the mercury in the dish, causing the mercury in the glass tube to rise.  When the pressure was low, the mercury in the glass tube fell. The contemporary aneroid barometer employs a vacuum chamber sensitive to external pressure changes.  Contraction and expansion of the vacuum chamber, linked mechanically to an indicator needle, move the needle clockwise when the pressure rises and counter clockwise when the pressure falls.

Multiple choice physics pressure in liquids and gases common consequences of the atmospheric pressure atmospheric pressure and its consequences important points about atmospheric pressure

The vertical height of mercury which a simple barometer can support at sea level is 

  1. $76 cm$

  2. more than $76cm$

  3. less than $76 cm$

  4. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Answer is C.

The mercury level in the tube of the barometer falls until it is about $76 cm (760 mm)$ vertically above the mercury level. It is the atmospheric pressure acting on the surface of the mercury in the trough that supports the vertical mercury column.
The atmospheric pressure is therefore specified by so many millimetres of mercury. For example, the atmospheric pressure is $760 mm$ Hg at sea level.
Hence, The vertical height of mercury which a simple barometer can support at sea level is less than 76 cm.