Name: ___________________________________ Period: __________

Bill Nye: Pressure

1. ___________________________ floats because of pressure.

2. ___________________________ makes rockets fly.

3. Pressure pushes in ______________ directions at once.

4. Pressure in the bucket, tube and container is the ___________________, but if you hoist

the bucket the pressure ______________________. This causes the bricks to

____________________.

5. _________________ make the pressure on fireboats.

6. _______________________ exert pressure on a small surface area causing the woman to

sink in the mud. _________________ spread the pressure over a large area and allow the

woman to cross the swamp safely.

7. _____________ pushes the card up holding the water in the glass

8. ________________ in the room holds the arrow to the glass. Under the suction cup a

_________________ is formed.

9. A ___________________ holds the lid on the container tightly enough that it can support

Bill’s weight.

10. In the experiment with the water and the glass, the size of the glass and board does/does

not matter. Air pressure will/will not hold the cardboard on the glass.

11. Vacuums work because the air in the room has ______________ pressure and inside the

machine there is ______________ pressure.

12. You can drive a nail into a board by the pointed end because_______________________

___________________ but not by the flat end because___________________________.

13. High pressure water and sand can cut_____________________ and ________________.

14. What happens to the air in the glass? Why does this occur?
Name: ________KEY______________________ Period: __________

1. __HOVERCRAFT_______ floats because of pressure.

2. ______PRESSURE_____________________ makes rockets fly.

3. Pressure pushes in __ALL_________ directions at once.

4. Pressure in the bucket, tube and container is the ____SAME___________, but if you

hoist the bucket the pressure ___INCREASES_________. This causes the bricks to

__CRACK_________.

5. __PUMPS_____ make the pressure on fireboats.

6. _____HIGHHEALS_________ exert pressure on a small surface area causing the

woman to sink in the mud. __SHOWSHOES_____ spread the pressure over a large area

and allow the woman to cross the swamp safely.

7. __AIR PRESSURE__pushes the card up holding the water in the glass

8. __AIR PRESSURE _ in the room holds the arrow to the glass. Under the suction cup a

__VACCUME__________ is formed.

9. A _____VACCUME _____ holds the lid on the container tightly enough that it can

support Bill’s weight.

10. In the experiment with the water and the glass, the size of the glass and board does/does

not matter. Air pressure will/will not hold the cardboard on the glass.

11. Vacuums work because the air in the room has _HIGH_________ pressure and inside

the machine there is __LOW__________ pressure.

12. You can drive a nail into a board by the pointed end because THE POINTED END

HAS HIGH PRESSURE but not by the flat end because THE PRESSURE IS

SPREAS OUT.

13. High pressure water and sand can cut____METAL_______ and ___MARBLE ___.

14. What happens to the air in the glass? Why does this occur?

LESS AIR IN GLASS DUE TO INCREASED PRESSURE OF THE WATER.