Boyle's Law Quiz

What is the correct equation for Boyle's Law?

• P₁/T₁ = P₂/T₂
• P₁/V₁ = P₂/V₂
• P₁ • T₁ = P₂ • T₂
• P₁ • V₁ = P₂ • V₂

The volume of an average NFL player is 2.4 L and the pressure is 101.70 kPa during exhalation. If the pressure during inhalation is 101.01 kPa, what is the volume of the lungs of a NFL player during inhalation?

• 2.38 L
• 2.4 L
• 5.1 L
• 4284 L

For a teammate’s birthday party, Martellus Bennett needs to buy a helium tank to fill up all of the balloons. If the helium must be compressed from an original volume of 27.0 L at 14.7 psi, down to a volume of 3.00 L, what would be the final pressure of the helium?

• 132.3 psi
• 1.63 psi
• 5.51 psi
• 132.3 L

LeGarrette Blount decides to go scuba diving while on vacation in Mexico. As he swims deeper into the ocean, the pressure pushing on him increases. Based on the relationship in Boyle’s law, what would happen to the volume of a LeGarrette’s lungs with this increase in pressure?

• volume of the lungs would increase
• volume of the lungs would have no change
• volume of the lungs would double
• volume of the lungs would decrease

Boyle's law : When _______ is held constant, the pressure and volume of a gas are ________  proportional

• temperature,  equally
• mass, inversely
• temperature, inversely
• mass, equally

A gas at a volume of 4.0 liters is at a pressure of 2.0 atm. The volume is changed to 16 liters, what must the new pressure be?

• 2.0 atm

• 12 atm

• 8.0 atm

• 0.50 atm

Nitrogen gas has a volume of 600 mL at a pressure of 1.00 atm. What volume will the gas occupy at a pressure of 3.00 atm, assuming the temperature remains constant?

• 125 mL

• 300 mL

• 200 mL

• 400 mL

You have a gas that has a pressure of 2.57 atm and a volume of 10.0 L. What would be the new volume if the pressure was changed to 1.14 atm?

• 4.48 L

• 22.5 L

• It would stay at 10L

• 0.293 L

A certain gas occupies 6.24 L at pressure of 760 mm Hg. If the pressure is reduced to 60.0 mm Hg, what would the new volume be?

• 79.0 L

• 0.493 L

• 60.0 L

• 760 L

The pressure on a sample of gas is increased from 1.00 atm to 3.00 atm. If the new volume is 0.52 L, find the original volume.

• 0.520 L

• 1.56 L

• 0.173 L

• 1.00 L