Consider the following apparatus: a test tube covered with a nonpermeable elastic membrane inside a container that is closed with a cork. A syringe goes through the cork.

a. As you push down on the syringe, how does the membrane covering the test tube change?
b. You stop pushing the syringe but continue to hold it down. In a few seconds, what happens to the membrane?

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- Syringe Cork - Membrane