B.3.3 - Pressure and Molecular Motion
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Practice Questions
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What causes pressure in a gas?
💡 Hint: Think about particle motion and collisions.
How does temperature affect gas pressure?
💡 Hint: Consider heating a sealed container.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What happens to the pressure in a gas when the volume decreases while keeping temperature constant?
💡 Hint: Think about how gas particles are compressed.
True or False: In a gas, particles have intermolecular forces.
💡 Hint: Consider the nature of gas particles.
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Challenge Problems
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A 2 L container holds a gas at a pressure of 1 atm. If the volume is halved while maintaining the same number of moles, what is the new pressure?
💡 Hint: Watch for how volume changes when solving.
Explain how increasing temperature in a fixed volume leads to increased pressure, using kinetic molecular theory.
💡 Hint: Connect to the behavior of fast-moving particles.
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