Skip to content

Course home

Sign up

5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids

EasyMediumHard
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Question 18

A sealed rectangular camera housing is held completely below the surface of a lake. The upthrust on the housing is 72 N. The difference in pressure between its lower and upper horizontal faces is 3000 Pa. Each horizontal face has the same area.

What is the area of one horizontal face?

[1]
A

0.0024 m20.0024\ \text{m}^20.0024 m2

B

41.7 m241.7\ \text{m}^241.7 m2

C

0.24 m20.24\ \text{m}^20.24 m2

D

0.024 m20.024\ \text{m}^20.024 m2

Markscheme

5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids

108 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Physics 5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids, covering 5.5.1 Pressure in a fluid and 5.5.2 Atmospheric pressure. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

Question bank