Question

A Cartesian Diver demonstrates which of the following?

A. the inverse relationship of Boyle's law
B. the direct relationship of Boyle's law
C. squeezing the bottle, pushes the test tube down.
D. the density of a gas is less than the density of water.

Answer 1

(a) The inverse relationship of Boyle's law.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Cartesian diver is used in scientific experiments to demonstrate the certain principles in science such as;

i. The principle of floatation or the Archimedes' principle.

ii. The implication of the ideal gas law as seen in, for example, Boyle's law and pressure law,

iii. Pascal's principle.

The diver demonstrates that given a large soft drink bottle containing water and a medicine dropper at its top, squeezing the bottle pushes the dropper down to the bottom. When the squeezing stops, the dropper comes back to the top again.

Now using this to demonstrate Boyle's law (which shows the relationship between pressure and volume where increase in one results in the decrease in the other), when the bottle is squeezed (which means pressure is increased on the bottle), the water is forced into the medicine dropper thereby decreasing the volume of air in the dropper. Removing pressure on the bottle produces an opposite effect.