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Understand
- The origin of atmospheric pressure.
- How the height of a column of liquid such as mercury can be used to measure pressure.
- The use of Boyle's law and the ideal gas law.
- How the pressure of a column of fluid depends upon the height and density of the fluid.
- How Archimedes' principle determines whether an object floats or sinks in a fluid.
- The origin of fluid viscosity.
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