MARYMOUNT SCHOOL

SCIENCE WORKSHEET
THE ATMOSPHERE: REAL-LIFE APPLICATION OF GAS LAWS
9TH GRADE

Goal
The student explains the behavior of gases according gas laws.
Instructions:
 Complete this worksheet INDIVIDUALLY using your notes, material provided by the Teacher, your own
knowledge, and online resources.
 Please, provide a link to the online resources you used to support your arguments.
 Submit this word file with your answers in a different color than the questions.

Activity
The following statements are real-life applications for some of the Gas Laws: Boyle’s, Charles’, or Gay Lussac’s.
Your job is to identify which law it applies for each statement (when the statement does not provide it) and
give arguments (using your own words) to support each statement.

1. You breathe because of Boyle’s Law.

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2. Spray cans are governed by Boyle’s Law

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3. Human's lung capacity is reduced in colder weather; runners and athletes may find it harder to
perform in cold weather for this reason.
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4. Balloon decorators need to know the temperature of the building where they are going to do their
decorations.
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5. Tires of untouched vehicles get deflated during freezing winter.
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6. You should release the pressure before opening a "pressure pot" (olla pitadora), after cooking a meal
on it.
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7. A diver could die due to sudden depressurization, due to changes in pressure and volume as its ascend
after doing scuba diving.
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8. You must kept spray deodorant away from the sunlight and high temperature.
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