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1. Who published the work of Jacque Charles?
a. Gay-Lussac b. Robert Boyle c. Amadeo Avogadro d. None of the above
2. What do you call the combination of Boyle’s, Charles’, and Gay-Lussac’s law?
a. Tri-gas law b. Collaborated gas law c. Combined gas law d. All of the above
3. If temperature is constant, the relationship between pressure and volume is __________ .
a. direct b. inverse c. direct and inverse d. constant
4. If pressure is constant, the relationship between temperature and volume is __________ .
a. direct b. inverse c. direct and inverse d. constant
5. One way to increase pressure on a gas is to __________ .
a. decrease temperature c. increase the number of gas particles
b. increase volume d. lower the kinetic energy of the gas molecules
6. How do gas particles respond to an increase in volume?
a. increase in kinetic energy and decrease in temperature
b. decrease in kinetic energy and decrease in pressure
c. increase in temperature and increase in pressure
d. increase in kinetic energy and increase in temperature
7. If pressure of a gas is increased and its volume remains constant, what will happen to its temperature?
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. both A and B
8. If a gas volume is decreased and pressure is constant, its temperature will __________.
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. both A and B
9. If the temperature of a gas remains constant but pressure is decreased, the volume will __________.
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. both A and B
10. Which of the following best describes Boyle’s law?
a. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature, it the pressure is kept constant
b. The volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure, at constant temperature
c. The pressure of a gas is directly proportional to its temperature, if the volume is kept constant
d. At constant volume and temperature, the total pressure of a gas is equal to the sum of its partial pressures.
11. A weather balloon is heated from room temperature at 58°C. As a result, the gas inside the weather balloon increases in
volume. Which gas law explains this phenomenon?
a. Gay-Lussac’s law b. Boyle’s law c. Charles’ law d. Combined gas law
12. Why does the pressure inside a container of gas increase if more gas is added to the container?
a. There is an increase in the number of particles striking the wall of the container in the same period of time
b. An increase in gas causes an increase in temperature, which then increases pressure
c. As the volume of gas increases, the force of the collisions between particles and container increases
d. As the gas pressure increases, the volume of gas decreases
13. Convert 2.3 atm into mmHg
a. 2300 mmHg b. 1750 mmHg c. 2.3 mmHg d. 0.0030 mmHg
14. Convert 6.7 L into mL
a. 0.0067 mL b. 0.0088 mL c. 5092 mL d. 6700 mL
15. The pressure of a gas is 750 torr when its volume is 400 mL. Calculate the pressure (atm) if the gas is allowed to expand
to 600 mL at constant temperature.
a. 0.66 atm b. 1.48 atm c. 500 atm d. 1125 atm
16. A gas is confined to a steel tank with a fixed volume. At 293 K, the gas exerts a pressure of 8.53 atm. After heating the
tank, the pressure of the gas increases to 10.4 atm. What is the temperature of the heated gas?
a. 357 K b. 326 K c. 240 K d. 926 K
17. Which of the following is the correct statement of Gay-Lussac’s law?
a. Pressure is inversely proportional to temperature at a constant volume
b. Volume is inversely proportional to temperature at a constant pressure
c. Volume is directly proportional to temperature at constant pressure
d. Pressure is directly proportional to temperature at constant volume
18. 4-L of a sample of gas at 1 atm of pressure is compressed into a 0.85-L tank. What is the pressure of the compressed gas,
if the temperature remains constant?
a. 0.15 atm b. 4.7 atm c. 0.21 atm d. 3.4 atm
19. A balloon is filled with 2.33-L of helium at 304 K. If the balloon is moved indoors where the temperature is 293 K, what will
be the new volume of the balloon? Assume that pressure remains unchanged.
a. 2.41 L b. 2.24 L c. 2.17 L d. 1.50 L
20. Which of the following is used as standard pressure in a gas equation?
a. 1 atm b. 2 atm c. 3 atm d. 4 atm
 Answers:
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. A
17. D
18. B
19. B
20. A