Does Fluid Pressure Change with the Size of the Opening?

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title of lab is fluid and pressure
hypothesis: fluid pressure varies with size of opening
aim: to determine whether fluid pressure varies with size of opening

i need help with the expected results, discussion, variables: (manipulated, responding and constant), sources of error, limitations and precautions

would anyone please help me in these areas please??

to have an idea of what the lab looks like.. its a set up of 4 different regular shaped plastic containers with holes of radii 1mm, 5mm, 10mm and 20mm in each container such that the center of the hole is 5cm from the ground. I am suppose to block the hole and fill the container completely then unblock the hole and measure the maximum distance the water reached.

one expected result i have so far is that the diameter is inversely proportional to the flow rate; the smaller the hole the further the water will go.

for my limitations i have: altitude affects the distance traveled by the water.
the for precautions i have: it should be performed outside and wind might affect the distance traveled by the gush of water and leave the container empty.
for my variables i have: manipulated- the amount of water used, responding- the flow rate and the amount of water released and for constant- the size of the holes, nature of the fluid
 
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Shordaay said:
title of lab is fluid and pressure
hypothesis: fluid pressure varies with size of opening
aim: to determine whether fluid pressure varies with size of opening

i need help with the expected results, discussion, variables: (manipulated, responding and constant), sources of error, limitations and precautions

would anyone please help me in these areas please??

to have an idea of what the lab looks like.. its a set up of 4 different regular shaped plastic containers with holes of radii 1mm, 5mm, 10mm and 20mm in each container such that the center of the hole is 5cm from the ground. I am suppose to block the hole and fill the container completely then unblock the hole and measure the maximum distance the water reached.

one expected result i have so far is that the diameter is inversely proportional to the flow rate; the smaller the hole the further the water will go.

for my limitations i have: altitude affects the distance traveled by the water.
the for precautions i have: it should be performed outside and wind might affect the distance traveled by the gush of water and leave the container empty.
for my variables i have: manipulated- the amount of water used, responding- the flow rate and the amount of water released and for constant- the size of the holes, nature of the fluid

I hesitate to help because I am not sure what you are doing. Seems you got a lot of things going on here.

But pleading gets to me...

First off your to statements in red and bolded seem to contradict each other. I think I might know what you are trying to do but it does not read this way. So what does the 2nd red phrase mean?
 
well actually i was trying to explain what i had to do.. like shorten the procedure a bit so you would have an idea
 
So the second red statement is the distance the water level drops in the container, or the distance to the ground?