Question

At a given depth, a liquid exerts the same pressure in all directions.

Divers going deep into the sea wear specially designed suits. Why are such suits needed at greater depths?

Arjun takes a tall plastic bottle and makes three holes of the same size, A, B and C, on one side at different heights, as shown in the figure. He covers the holes with tape and fills the bottle with water up to the marked level. When he removes the tape, water comes out of all three holes in curved streams that fall on the floor at different distances from the bottle.