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1. If temperature is constant, the relationship between pressure and volume is

a. Direct
b. Inverse
c. Constant
2. If the pressure is constant , the relationship between temperature and volume is
a. Direct
b. Inverse
c. Exponential
d. constant
3. One way to decrease pressure on gas is to
a. Decrease temperature
b. Decrease volume
c. Increase the number of gas particles
d. Increase the kinetic energy of the gas molecules

4. Convert 3496 mmHg to atm

a. 0.46atm
b. 4.6 atm
c. 46.0 atm
d. 2.3 atm
5. The pressure of a gas is 750.0 torr and its volume is 250.0mL. Calculate the pressure
(in atm) if the gas is allowed to expand to 500.0ml at constant temperature
a. 375 atm
b. 575 torr
c. 0.49 atm
d. 0.49 torr
6. The volume of a gas is increased from 150.0 ml to 500.0 ml by heating it. If the
original them temperature is 298k what will its final temperature be
a. 993k
b. 500k
c. 399k
d. 1000k
7. A gas exerts a pressure of one atm at standard temperature 273k. what must be the
temperature be adjusted to for the gas to exert a pressure of 5atm
a. 1091.85C
b. 1091.85K
c. 1091.85F
d. 1091.85R
8. A quantity a gas has a volume of 500.0 liters at 300K and 5atm of pressure. To what
volume must the gas be increased for the gas to be under STP conditions?
a.
9. If the volume of a confined gas is doubled while the temperature remains constant,
what change (if any) would be observed in the pressure
a. It would be half as large
b. It would double
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c. It would be four times as large

d. It would be ¼ as large
e. It would remain the same
10. A given mass of gas in a rigid container is heated from 100 to 500C which of the
following responses best describes what will happen to the pressure of the gas ?
a. The pressure will decrease by a factor of five
b. The pressure will increase by a factor of five
c. The pressure will increase by a factor of about two
d. The pressure will increase by a factor of about eight
e. The pressure will increase by a factor of about twenty-five
11. Avogadro stated that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of
temperature and pressure have equal
a. Numbers of molecules
b. Numbers of grams
c. Molar masses
d. Atoms
12. What volume of CH4 at 0C and 1atm contains the same number of molecules as
0.50L of N2 measured at 27C and 1.50atm
a. 0.37L
b. 0.46L
c. 0.68L
d. 0.50L
e. 0.82L

13. A mixture of the gases neon and krypton is in a 2.00 liter container. The partial
pressure of the neon is
a. 0.20
b. 0.25
c. 0.33
d. 0.60
e. 0.80

14. Which of the following gases has the greatest density at 0C and 1atm
a. N2
b. O2
c. F2
d. Ne
e. CO

15. Which of the following statements does not agree with the kinetic theory of gases?
a. Gas particles move in predictable patterns.
b. Gas particles move independently of one another.
c. Gas particles are spaced far apart from each other.
d. Gas particles are in constant motion.
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16. A device used to measure atmospheric pressure is called a

a. Manometer
b. Barometer
c. Thermometer
d. Millibar

17. . Which scientist discovered that the pressure of the atmosphere changed according to
altitude?
a. Huygens
b. Avogadro
c. Pascal
d. Torricelli

18. It is possible for equal volumes of gases, at standard pressure and temperature, to
contain equal numbers of particles because
a. Gas particles are spaced far apart.
b. Gas particles are large in size.
c. The volume of a gas is inversely proportional to its mass.
d. This is not possible.

19. Equal volumes of nitrogen and oxygen, at the same temperature and pressure, would
a. Have the same mass.
b. Contain a different number of particles.
c. Contain the same number of particles.
d. Have different average kinetic energies.

20. Which of the following best describes Boyle’s Law?

a. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature, if the pressure
is kept constant.
b. The volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure, at a constant
temperature.
c. The pressure of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature, if the volume
is kept constant.
d. At constant volume and temperature, the total pressure of a gas is equal to the
sum of its partial pressures.

21. A weather balloon is heated from room temperature to 58ºC. As a result, the gas
inside the weather balloon increases in volume. Which gas law explains this
phenomenon?
a. Gay-Lussac’s Law
b. Boyle’s Law
c. Charles’ Law
d. Combined Gas Law
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22. Why does the pressure inside a container of gas increase if more gas is added to the
container?
a. There is an increase in the number of particles striking the wall of the
container in the same period of time.
b. An increase in gas causes an increase in temperature, which then increases
pressure.
c. As the volume of gas increases, the force of the collisions between particles
and the container increases.
d. As the gas pressure increases, the volume of gas decreases.

23. A gas is confined to a steel tank with a fixed volume. At 293 K, the gas exerts a
pressure of 6 atm. After heating the tank, the pressure of the gas increases to 10 atm.
What is the temperature of the heated gas?
24. 4.0 L of a sample of gas at 1.0 atm of pressure is compressed into a 2L tank. What is
the pressure of the compressed gas, if the temperature remains constant?
25. Which statement is false?
a. The density of a gas is constant as long as its temperature remains constant.
b. Gases can be expanded without limit.
c. Gases diffuse into each other and mix almost immediately when put into the
same container.
d. The molecular weight of a gaseous compound is a non-variable quantity.
e. Pressure must be exerted on a sample of a gas in order to confine it.

26. A sample of oxygen occupies 50.0 liters under a pressure of 1200 torr at 25oC. What
volume would it occupy at 100oC if the pressure were decreased to 700 torr?
a. 108L
b. 150L
c. 100L
d. 168L
e. 134L
27. A sample of nitrogen occupies 7.50 liters under a pressure of 1000 torr at 25oC. At
what temperature will it occupy 15.0 liters at the same pressure?
a. 596C
b. 596K
c. 323K
d. 696C

28. The volume of a sample of nitrogen is 20.00 liters at 40oC and 2atm . What volume
will it occupy at STP?

29. The density of chlorine gas at STP, in grams per liter, is approximately:
a. 6.2
b. 3.2
c. 3.9
d. 4.5
e. 1.3
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