Subject: Chemistry Unit 6: States of matter Date: 19/10/2023

Teacher: Mariem
Grade: 8 Lesson 5: Gas pressure OUESLATI

I- Particles in a gas:
❖ Put in a closed container, the particles of a gas move randomly in all
directions. They bounce off the walls of the container equally. So there is the
…………. ……………. on the side walls, the bottom and the top.
1) Gas pressure:
Gas pressure is the force of the particles colliding with the walls of its
container.
2) Less space, more pressure:
If a gas is squeezed into a smaller space, its particles hit the walls of the
container more often, so the gas pressure ……………….
3) Higher temperature, more pressure:
If you warm a gas, the particles have more energy so they move about more
quickly. They hit the walls of their container more often. This ……………….
the pressure.
Q: What happens to the pressure of a gas inside a container if the temperature
of the gas is lowered?
A. the pressure increases.
B. the pressure does not change.
C. the pressure decreases.
D. it depends on the type of gas.
★ The collapsing bottle experiment (check coursebook page 77)
II- Summary:
➢ Gas particles move all the time.
➢ When gas particles bump into the side of their container they cause pressure.
➢ In a certain amount of space, the pressure is higher when there are more
particles and when the temperature is higher.