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Chapter 6 Lesson 3 - Behavior of Gases Quiz

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

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Class
Date
1.

What affects the behavior of gases more than it affects solids and liquids?

a)

Color and mass

b)

Shape and size

c)

Changes in temperature, pressure, and volume

d)

Chemical properties

2.

What does the kinetic molecular theory explain?

a)

How to measure pressure

b)

How particles in matter behave

c)

Why solids are dense

d)

How volume changes with shape

3.

According to the kinetic molecular theory, what are all matter made up of?

a)

Atoms

b)

Molecules

c)

Small particles

d)

Elements

4.

What kind of motion are particles in?

a)

Circular motion

b)

Constant, random motion

c)

Slow motion

d)

Vibrational motion

5.

When particles collide with other particles, objects, or container walls, what happens to energy?

a)

It doubles

b)

It is lost

c)

No energy is lost

d)

It creates light

6.

What is pressure?

a)

The number of particles in a substance

b)

Amount of force applied per unit of area

c)

The size of a gas container

d)

The speed of particles

7.

What happens when particles collide with their container?

a)

The particles freeze

b)

The gas turns to liquid

c)

Pressure results

d)

The temperature decreases

8.

What happens to the plunger when weight is added to it?

a)

It lifts

b)

It compresses the gas in the cylinder

c)

It evaporates

d)

It cools the gas

9.

When particles have less space to move, what happens?

a)

Pressure decreases

b)

Particles disappear

c)

Particles collide more frequently and pressure increases

d)

Volume becomes zero

10.

What causes an increase in pressure in a gas?

a)

Decreasing the number of particles

b)

Heating the gas

c)

Compressing the particles

d)

Expanding the container

11.

What happens when volume increases?

a)

Particles collide more frequently

b)

Pressure increases

c)

Particles have more room to move and pressure is less

d)

Volume turns into mass

12.

What happens when volume decreases?

a)

Pressure is greater

b)

Pressure is less

c)

Particles move apart

d)

Particles stop moving

13.

What does Boyle's Law state?

a)

Temperature increases when pressure increases

b)

Pressure of a gas increases if the volume decreases and pressure of a gas decreases if the volume increases, when temperature is constant

c)

All gases have the same volume

d)

Volume and temperature are not related

14.

In Boyle's Law, what do P1 and V1 represent?

a)

Final pressure and volume

b)

The temperature and volume

c)

The pressure and volume before a change

d)

Initial temperature and pressure

15.

What is the unit of pressure in Boyle's Law?

a)

Newton

b)

Pascal

c)

Kilopascals (kPa)

d)

Degrees Celsius

16.

What happens to the air pressure inside your middle ear on the ground?

a)

It becomes less than outside pressure

b)

It equals the air pressure surrounding you

c)

It increases

d)

It causes a headache

17.

What happens to the surrounding air pressure when an airplane takes off?

a)

It increases

b)

It stays the same

c)

It decreases

d)

It doubles

18.

Why can airplane travel cause ear pain?

a)

Air pressure outside becomes greater than inside

b)

Trapped air in the middle ear increases in volume

c)

There is no air in the cabin

d)

The air becomes hotter

19.

In the graph of Boyle's Law, what happens when pressure increases?

a)

Volume increases

b)

Volume decreases

c)

Volume remains constant

d)

Temperature increases

20.

What else affects gas behavior besides pressure and volume?

a)

Color

b)

Shape

c)

Changing the temperature

d)

Adding mass

21.

What happens at low temperatures?

a)

Average kinetic energy is high

b)

Particles move farther apart

c)

Volume increases

d)

Average kinetic energy is low and particles move closer together

22.

What happens when thermal energy is added?

a)

Particles move slower

b)

Pressure decreases

c)

Gas particles move faster and spread farther apart

d)

The plunger is pulled down

23.

What law states that volume of a gas increases with increasing temperature, if the pressure is constant?

a)

Boyle's Law

b)

Newton's Law

c)

Pascal's Law

d)

Charles's Law

24.

What happens to a balloon on a cold winter day?

a)

The gas inside expands

b)

The balloon heats up

c)

Temperature decreases, kinetic energy decreases, gas particles slow down and volume decreases

d)

It floats higher

25.

What happens when the balloon is returned to a warm place?

a)

Volume decreases

b)

Kinetic energy increases and volume increases

c)

Gas condenses

d)

Pressure decreases

26.

What does it mean when a graph is extrapolated?

a)

It is made using fake data

b)

It is only used in chemistry

c)

It is extended beyond the observed data points

d)

It has no units

27.

What happens to the volume of a gas as temperature increases at constant pressure?

a)

Volume decreases

b)

Volume stays the same

c)

Volume increases

d)

Volume turns to solid

28.

What is the temperature at which matter has the lowest possible energy state?

a)

0°C

b)

273 K

c)

Absolute zero

d)

Freezing point

29.

What is the value of absolute zero in kelvin?

a)

273 K

b)

0 kelvin

c)

100 kelvin

d)

-100 kelvin

30.

What happens to particles at absolute zero?

a)

They move rapidly

b)

They melt

c)

They are at the lowest possible energy state and do not move

d)

They change to solid

31.

A gas has a pressure of 100 kPa and occupies a volume of 4 liters. If the volume decreases to 2 liters, what is the new pressure?

a)

200 kPa

b)

150 kPa

c)

50 kPa

d)

100 kPa

32.

A gas occupies a volume of 5 liters at a pressure of 80 kPa. What volume will it occupy at 40 kPa?

a)

8 liters

b)

10 liters

c)

5 liters

d)

3 liters

33.

A sample of gas has a pressure of 60 kPa and a volume of 10 liters. If the pressure changes to 30 kPa, what is the new volume?

a)

5 liters

b)

10 liters

c)

20 liters

d)

30 liters

34.

A gas in a cylinder is at 50 kPa and has a volume of 6 liters. If the volume is reduced to 3 liters, what is the pressure?

a)

25 kPa

b)

50 kPa

c)

75 kPa

d)

100 kPa

35.

A balloon has a volume of 2.0 liters at 300 K. What will the volume be at 450 K?

a)

1.5 L

b)

2.5 L

c)

3.0 L

d)

4.0 L

36.

A gas occupies 6 liters at 600 K. What is its volume at 300 K?

a)

6 L

b)

4 L

c)

3 L

d)

2 L

37.

A gas at 400 K has a volume of 5 liters. What will its volume be at 200 K if pressure is constant?

a)

1 liter

b)

2.5 liters

c)

5 liters

d)

10 liters

38.

A gas has a volume of 8 liters at 400 K. What is the volume at 800 K?

a)

4 L

b)

8 L

c)

12 L

d)

16 L