EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

A sealed container of gas is heated for a long time. After this, the gas is allowed to expand freely. State how the pressure at the end will compare to the pressure at the start. Explain your answer.

Important Questions on The Kinetic Model of Matter

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Explain why collisions between gas molecules and the container creates pressure.

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Explain why increasing the temperature of a gas increases the pressure it exerts.
EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

State the equation that connects pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Complete the table to show the meanings of the symbols in this equation and their units.

Symbol Name of quantity SI unit (name and symbol)
P    
V    

 

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Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

What would happen to the pressure of a gas if it was squeezed into a smaller volume?

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

A cylinder contains 400 cm3 of air at a pressure of 2×105 Pa. The air is compressed to a volume of 160 cm3.
Calculate the pressure when the air has returned to its original temperature.

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT

Compressing a gas generally increases its temperature. If the pressure of the air is squeezed into less volume had been measured before it had returned to its original temperature, state whether it have been greater than or less than your calculated value. Explain your answer.

EASY
Upper Secondary-IGCSE
IMPORTANT
Sketch a graph to show the relationship between the pressure of a gas and its absolute temperature.