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R. Busca – SCH3U1a Date: ________________________________

SCH3U1 Chapter 9 Quiz

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Knowledge: 15 Multiple Choice Questions

Application: (12 marks)

For all questions, use the GRASP method and round your answer to the appropriate number of
significant digits.

1. A 2.0 L red party balloon is taken up to the top of a mountain where the volume expands to
2.6 L and the pressure becomes 75 kPa. What was the initial pressure of the balloon? What
is the name of the equation you need to use to solve this? [4 marks]

2. A small balloon contains 275 mL of helium gas at a temperature of 25.0 oC and a pressure
of 350 kPa. What volume would the gas occupy at STP? [4 marks]
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3. A sample of an alkane has been collected and analyzed by the Arson Squad from the
Forensics Science Bureau in Toronto. The data is as follows: the alkane gas fills a
250.0 mL flask at a temperature of 24.4oC and a pressure of 0.977 atm. 

a) What amount in moles of the alkane will be produced? [2 marks]

b) If 0.5813 g of the alkane was used to obtain the information above, is the unknown alkane
gas: a) ethane (C2H6), b) propane (C3H8) or c) butane (C4H10)? Show all your work to justify
your answer. [2 marks]