Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
- Statement I is false but Statement II is true
- Statement I is true but Statement II is false
- Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Answer
(1) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Solution
Statement I: Pressure in a fluid at rest exists at every point inside the fluid, not only on a solid surface in contact with it. At any point in a still fluid the pressure acts equally in all directions (Pascal's law), and it acts on any surface (real or imaginary) drawn inside the fluid.
Statement I is false.
Statement II: A molecule on the surface has neighbours only on one side, so it has fewer attractive bonds than a molecule in the interior.
Surface molecules have extra (excess) potential energy compared with interior molecules.
The liquid tends to reduce its surface area, and the extra energy per unit area appears as surface tension (surface energy).
Statement II is true.
Answer: (1)