pressure with depth
What pressure with depth means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Pressure in a liquid grows with depth, so the lower face of a submerged block sits deeper than the upper face and the liquid pushes harder on it.
Pressure at a point in a liquid increases with the height of the column of liquid above that point and with the density of the liquid.
Topics that use pressure with depth
- Pressure in a fluid 2 (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- average density
- column of liquid
- Density
- density comparison
- floating and sinking
- Gravitational field strength
- pressure difference
- submerged object
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