BOYLE'S LAW

Which physical quantity can be described as the space occupied by an object?

• Pressure

• Volume

• Temperature

• Number of moles

Which unit CAN NOT be associated to pressure?

• Atmosphere (atm)

• Millimeter of mercury (mmHg)

• torr

• liter (L)

Which pair of variables best describes Boyle’s law?

• Pressure and volume

• Volume and temperature

• Temperature and pressure

• Volume and number of moles

If the temperature of the gas is held constant, lowering the pressure would make the volume _______.

• decrease

• increase

• stays the same

• unpredictable

When scuba divers slowly descend underwater, the bubbles they exhaust gets smaller. This signifies that _______.

• gas pressure increases as gas volume decreases

• gas pressure increases with gas volume

• gases are not affected by pressure at all

• gases behave unpredictably underwater