What does the Maxwell-Boltzmann curve tell us?
The probability of a particle's speed
The probability of a particle's curve
he probability of massive particles
The probability of a particle's direction
Why can't all of the gas particles in a container have very high or very low speeds?
Because as particles collide they both increase their energy
Because there is not enough pressure inside of a closed cont
Because as particles collide, a gain in kinetic energy other
Because there is not enough pressure inside
Why would a scientist have difficulty observing the behavior of an ideal gas?
Because an ideal gas is theoretical, and hence not real.
Because all ideal gases are invisible.
Because an ideal gas is made of molecules that cant be seen
Because an ideal gas cannot be compressed.
Which of the following is TRUE about most gases?
All of their particles are the same size.
They have a fixed volume.
Their particles are very close together.
They expand to completely fill their container.
1000 mL of a gas at 15 atm is compressed to 500 mL. What is its new pressure?
30 atm
5 atm
2 atm
3 atm
A sample of hydrogen has a volume of 25 L under a pressure of 5 atm. What will the pressure of this gas be if the volume were decreased to 5 L?
25 atm
10 atm
15 atm
5 atm
Under non-ideal conditions, why was the pressure lower using the van der Waals equation?
The attractive forces between the molecules makes em larger
The pressure was greater.
The attractive forces between the molecules makes em smaller
The attraction between the molecules increases.
What does b represent in the van der Waals equation?
The volume of the container not filled by the gas
The volume of the container
The volume of the gas overall
The volume of the gas molecules
If someone is measuring pressure, they might use any of the following units EXCEPT _____.
Millimeters of mercury
Pounds
Atmospheres
Torr
If you know the temperature, volume, and pressure of a gas, how would you rearrange the ideal gas equation to find the number of moles?
Multiply PV by both T and R.
Divide PV by n.
Divide PV by both T and R.
Divide PV by T only.
In the ideal gas equation, what does R represent?
Temperature
The ideal gas constant
Pressure
Number of moles
A container has a volume of 53.9 L. Assuming it is at STP, how many moles of gas particles does it contain?
0.416 mol
1,200 mol
2.41 mol
76.3 mol
Avogadro's law shows the relationship between _____.
temperature and number of particles
temperature and pressure
pressure and number of particles
volume and number of particles
In the van der Waals equation, what does a represent?
The attraction between the gas molecules
The volume of the gas molecules
The ambient temperature
The number of gas particles in moles
Assuming pressure and temperature are held constant, then what happens to the volume of a non-rigid container when the number of molecules in the container is doubled?
The volume doubles.
There is not enough information given to determine this.
It decreases to half its original volume.
The volume stays the same.
If a 22.4 L container is holding 1.00 mole of a gas at 273 kelvins, then what is its pressure?
2.00 atm
22.4 atm
1.00 atm
22.2 atm
