Gas Laws Test Review

A student measures the pressure and volume of an empty water bottle to be 1.4 atm and 2.3 L. She then decreases the pressure to 0.65 atm. What is the new volume?

• 2.1 L

• 5.0 L

• 8.2 L

• 3.9 L

A student inflates a balloon with helium then places it in the freezer. The student should expect

• the balloon's volume to increase

• the balloon's volume to decrease

• the balloon's moles to increase

• the balloon's moles to decrease

What is the pressure of a car tire that had an initial pressure of 1.8 atm but was heated from 38°C to 123°C?

• 0.9 atm

• 2.1 atm

• 1.6 atm

• 3.4 atm

Three gases are mixed together in a container with a total pressure of 4.8 atm. If two of the gases have pressures of 1.2 atm and 1.5 atm, what is the pressure of the third gas?

• 2.5 atm

• 1.8 atm

• 2.1 atm

• 1.3 atm

If a hairspray can is heated, what can be expected of the pressure of the gas inside the can?

• The pressure will increase

• The pressure will decrease

• The pressure will remain constant

• The pressure will equalize

In order to convert to Kelvin, you add ______ to the Celsius measurement.

• 372
• 273
• 237
• 732

What is 50 °C in Kelvin?

• 223
• 323
• 100
• 50

Calculate the volume that a 0.323-mol sample of a gas will occupy at 265 K and a pressure of 0.900 atm.

• 7.18 L 
• 7.81 L
• 4.63 L
• 4.36 L

Determine the temperature required for 0.0470 mol of gas to fill a balloon to 1.20 L under .998 atm pressure.

• 0 K

• 107 K

• 207 K

• 307 K

Pressure is

• defined as the mass that an object exerts when at rest.

• not a measurable in gases.

• defined as the number of moles of substance divided by the mass of the substance.

• created by the force of the gas particles impacting the walls of the container.