question: a group of students investigated how the length of a column of air inside a test tube. Pitch refers to how high or low a sound is. The length of the air column was varied by pouring different amounts of water into five test tubes. The pitch produced by each test tube was ranked on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the lowest pitch and 5 being the highest pitch. The results of the investigation are shown in the data table below. IDENTIFY THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE * ahh please helpp

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.