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Would it be easier to drink water with a straw on the top of Mount Everest? - Chemistry

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Would it be easier to drink water with a straw on the top of Mount Everest?

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Solution

It is difficult to drink water with a straw on the top of Mount Everest. This is because the reduced atmospheric pressure is less effective in pushing water into the straw at the top of the mountain because gravity falls off gradually with height. The air pressure falls off, there isn’t enough atmospheric pressure to push the water up in the straw all the way to the mouth.

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Chapter 6: Gaseous State - Evaluation [Page 182]

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Samacheer Kalvi Chemistry - Volume 1 and 2 [English] Class 11 TN Board
Chapter 6 Gaseous State
Evaluation | Q II. 14. | Page 182

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