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U10 Gas Laws

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What formula would you use to solve this problem? A gas that has a pressure of 2 atm and a volume of 10 L.  What would be the new volume if the pressure was changed to 1 atm?

a)
P1/T1 = P2/T2
b)
P1V1 = P2V2
c)
V1/n1 = V2/n2
d)
PV = nRT
2.

What formula would you use to solve this problem? A sample of a gas has a volume of 852 mL at 298 K. What temperature is necessary for the gas to have a volume of 945 mL?

a)

P1/n1 = P2/n2 ...

b)
P1V1 = P2V2
c)
V1/T1 = V2/T2
d)

PV=nRT

3.

What formula would you use to solve this problem? What would be the pressure inside a 2.00 L container with 2.00 mol of gas at 20 C?

a)

P1V1/n1T1 = P2V2/n2T2

b)
P1V1 = P2V2
c)
V1/T1 = V2/T2
d)

PV=nRT

4.
When the temperature of matter increases the particles...
a)
speed up and move closer
b)
speed up and move farther apart
c)
slow down and move closer together
d)
slow down and move farther apart
5.
How do gas molecules move? 
a)
in an orderly fashion 
b)

constantly and randomly in straight lines until the collide with something

c)

randomly until they collide, then then they stop

d)

in a circular motion, constantly floating in space

6.

If you have a sealed glass container and you remove 1/2 the moles of gas and lower the temperature to 1/2 the original temperature. how will the pressure change?

a)

It will be 6x greater than the original pressure

b)

It will be 1/3 the original pressure

c)

It will be 3x the original pressure

d)

It will be 1/6 the original pressure

7.

What type of relationship do pressure and volume have?

a)

direct: If P increases, V increases

b)

inverse: If P increase, V decreases

c)

inverse: If P increases, V increases

d)

direct: If P increases, V decreases

8.
What causes pressure?
a)

Collisions of particles with each other

b)

The vacuum in the container

c)

The collisions of the particles with the walls of the container

d)

Atmospheric pressure acting on the outside walls

9.
If a balloon is cooled what will happen to the volume?
a)
Volume will increase
b)
Volume will decrease
c)
Volume will not change
d)
Balloon freezes to death
10.
Explain what would happen to the column of mercury in the barometer as shown if the atmospheric pressure fell.
a)
As the pressure falls, the column of mercury will drop lower.
b)
As the pressure falls, the column of mercury will remain unchanged.
c)
As the pressure falls, the column of mercury will rise higher.
d)
As the pressure falls, the density of the mercury will increase.
11.

What determines the height of the mercury in the barometer?

a)

The height is when the pressure in the space above the mercury column is equal to air pressure

b)

The height is when the weight of the mercury column is equal to the force of air pushing down on the pool

c)

The height is determined by the air pressure in the tube pulling up on the column of mercury

d)

The height is equal to the mass of mercury in the pool

12.

A gas of volume V is place in a balloon. The pressure is reduced to 1/5 of the original pressure as the balloon floats higher into the sky. The volume will be _____ what it was originally.  

a)

the same as 

b)

1/5

c)

9 times

d)

5 times

13.
A gas of volume V is placed in a balloon. The absolute (Kelvin) temperature is tripled. The volume will be _____ what it was originally. 
a)
1/3
b)
1/6
c)
3 times
d)
6 times
14.

A gas of volume V is placed in a balloon.  Determine the new volume of the balloon if the outside air pressure is tripled. The new volume will be ____ what it was originally.  

a)

1/3 of

b)

3 times

c)

1/9 of

d)

 9 times

15.
You have a gas that has a pressure of 2 ATM and a volume of 10L.  What would be the new volume if the pressure was changed to 1 ATM?
a)
5 L
b)
20 L
c)
It would stay at 10L
d)
1 L
16.
Calculate the volume that a 0.323-mol sample of a gas will occupy at 265 K and a pressure of 0.900 atm.
a)
7.18 L 
b)
7.81 L
c)
4.63 L
d)
4.36 L
17.

If I initially have 4.0 L of a gas at a pressure of 1.1 atm, what will the volume be if I increase the pressure to 3.4 atm?

a)

1.29 L

b)

12.36 L

c)

1.29 atm

d)

12.36 atm

18.

A sample of sulfur dioxide occupies a volume of 652 mL at 313 K and 150 kPa. What volume will the sulfur dioxide occupy at STP?

STP = 273 K, 101.3 kPa

a)

1682.6 mL

b)

20.7 mL

c)

492.3 mL

d)

842.1 mL

19.

What is the initial volume of methane gas at 273 K and 101.33 kPa when the volume is decreased to 0.50 L, with a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 151.99 kPa.

a)

0.68 L

b)

0.82 L

c)

0.50 L

d)

0.37 L

20.

What is the density of Helium (4.00 g/mol) at STP?

a)

5.6 g/L

b)

89.6 g/L

c)

0.179 g/L

d)

0.0893 g/L

21.
Water exists as a _____________ at 700 mmHg and 50 °C.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
supercritical fluid
22.
What state of matter is X?
a)
solid 
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
supercritical fluid
23.

If you lowered the pressure to less than 1.00 atm what would happen to the boiling point?

a)

it would increase

b)

it would decrease

c)

it would stay the same

d)

I have no idea!!

24.

Which of these situations would the water be boiling at standard atmospheric pressure (by adding heat to make it boil)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

None of these are boiling

25.

Which of these situations would the water be boiling at room temperature? (AKA inside a bell jar attached to a vacuum pump?)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

None of these are boiling

26.

What would be happening in situation B

a)

Nothing at all

b)

Evaporation, but no boiling

c)

Boiling rapidly

d)

It is impossible to tell

27.

What is the lowest possible temperature (select all that are correct)

a)

O C

b)

O K

c)

-273 K

d)

-273 C

e)

0 F

28.

During the "can crusher" and "birthday candle" demonstrations. When the gas in the container was initially heated, what happened

a)

Pressure increased

b)

Pressure Decreased

c)

Volume Increased

d)

Moles of Gas Decreased (air or steam escaped)