Home
Class 9
PHYSICS
State two advantages of use of mercury a...

State two advantages of use of mercury as a barometric liquid.

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • PRESSURE IN FLUIDS AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

    ICSE|Exercise Exercise -4(B)Multiple choice|3 Videos

  • PRESSURE IN FLUIDS AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

    ICSE|Exercise Exercise -4(B)Numericals|5 Videos

  • PRESSURE IN FLUIDS AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

    ICSE|Exercise Exercise-4(A)Assumptions|4 Videos

  • MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION

    ICSE|Exercise EXERCISE -2 (C) ( Multiple choice type :) |17 Videos

  • PROPAGATION OF SOUND WAVES

    ICSE|Exercise EXERCISE -8(B) (Multiple choice type)|3 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

State two advantage of self-pollination.

State one advantage of using hard water.

List two advantages of friction.

Why mercury is used as a thermometric liquid?

State two advantages of vegetative propagation.

What are the advantages of using a screw?

State two advantages of an aneroid barometer over a simple barometer.

ICSE-PRESSURE IN FLUIDS AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE-Exercise -4(B)
  1. What is a barometer ? How is a simple barometer constructed ?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Explain how is the height of mercury column in the tube of a simple ba...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Illustrate with the help of a lebelled diagram of a simple barometer ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Why is the barometric height used as a unit to express the atmosphric ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. What is meant by the statement “the atmospheric pressure at a place is...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. How will you show that there is vacuum above the surface of mercury i...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. How is the barometric height of a simple barometer affected if (a) i...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. State two uses of a barometer.

    Text Solution

    |

  9. State two advantages of use of mercury as a barometric liquid.

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Water is not used as a barometeric liquid because :

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Mention two demerits of a simple barometer and state how they are remo...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Draw a simple labelled diagram of a Fortin barometer and state how it ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. State two advantages of an aneroid barometer over a simple barometer.

    Text Solution

    |

  14. How is the reading of a barometer affected when it is taken to (i) a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. How does atmospheric pressure change with altitude ? Draw an approxima...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. State two factors which affect the atmospheric pressure as we go up.

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Why do ink pens start leaking at high altitudes?

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Why does nose start bleeding on high mountains?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. What is an altimeter ? State its principle. How is its scale calibrate...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What do the following indicate in a barometer regarding weather : (a...

    Text Solution

    |