Chemistry: Quiz: Boyle's Law

Quiz: Boyle's Law

1. Which state of matter was the easiest for early scientists to describe?

a. solid

b. liquid

c. gas

2. The Italian chemist, Amedeo Avogadro, concluded that

a. different volumes of different gases contain the same number of molecules

b. equal volumes of different gases contain the same number of molecules

c. equal volumes of different gases contain a different number of molecules

3. The amount of force exerted on one unit area is

a. pressure

b. acceleration

c. Newton

4. Boyle's law states that for a given amount of gas at constant temperature, the volume and pressure of a gas vary

a. directly

b. proportional to the square

c. inversely

5. The standard international unit of pressure is

a. torr

b. atmospheres

c. pascal

6. 2.5 atmospheres of pressure is

a. 0.0033 torr

b. 1900 mm Hg

c. 41Pa

7. According to Boyle's law, as the pressure exerted on a gas is increased, the volume will

a. increase

b. remain the same

c. decrease

8. At constant temperature, if a gas occupies 312 mL at a pressure of 1.60 atm, what pressure is necessary for this gas to occupy a volume of 500 mL?

a. 1.00 atm

b. 0.624 atm

c. 156 atm

9. For a given sample of a gas, what must remain constant if Boyle's law is to be applied?

a. pressure

b. volume

c. temperature