CHY26W0 Tutorial questions
Topic: Gases
1. Which of the following statements about gases is TRUE?
A. Gas particles have fixed positions.
B. Gas particles are closely packed together.
C. Gas particles move randomly and rapidly.
D. Gas volume is independent of container volume.
2. A gas exerts a pressure of 2 atm in a 4 L container. If the volume is reduced to
2 L at constant temperature, what is the new pressure?
A. 1 atm
B. 2 atm
C. 4 atm
D. 8 atm
3. What is the volume occupied by 1 mole of an ideal gas at STP (0°C and 1 atm)?
A. 22.4 L
B. 24.0 L
C. 1 L
D. 0.0821 L
4. According to the kinetic molecular theory, which of the following is FALSE?
A. Gas particles collide elastically.
B. Gas particles exert attractive forces on each other.
C. Gas particles are in constant motion.
D. The average kinetic energy is proportional to temperature.
5. A mixture contains 2 moles of O₂ and 3 moles of N₂ at a total pressure of 5 atm.
What is the partial pressure of nitrogen?
A. 1 atm
B. 2 atm
C. 3 atm
D. 5 atm
6. Helium effuses through a small hole at a rate 4 times faster than oxygen gas.
What is the molar mass of helium?
A. 2 g/mol
B. 4 g/mol
C. 8 g/mol
D. 16 g/mol
7. If 0.25 moles of a gas is placed in a 5 L container at 300 K, what is the pressure
exerted by the gas? (R = 0.0821 L·atm/mol·K)
A. 1.23 atm
B. 0.25 atm
C. 0.5 atm
D. 10 atm
8. What happens to the average kinetic energy of gas molecules if the
temperature is doubled?
A. It stays the same
B. It doubles
C. It halves
D. It triples
9. Which gas law relates the pressure and temperature of a gas at constant
volume?
A. Boyle’s Law
B. Charles’s Law
C. Gay-Lussac’s
D. Avogadro’s Law
10. The ideal gas constant R has a value of:
A. 8.314 J/mol·K
B. 0.0821 L·atm/mol·K
C. Both A and B, depending on units
D. 1 atm·L/mol
Conceptual questions
1. If two different gases are at the same temperature, which gas has faster-moving
particles: the gas with the higher molar mass or the gas with the lower molar
mass? Explain using kinetic molecular theory.
Calculation questions:
1. A gas occupies 3.0 L at 2.0 atm and 300 K. What volume will it occupy at 1.0
atm and 300 K?
2. Calculate the pressure exerted by 0.5 mol of nitrogen gas in a 10 L container at
298 K.
3. A mixture contains 2 moles of O2 and 3 moles of N2. Total pressure is 5 atm.
Find the partial pressures.
4. Calculate the rate of effusion of helium relative to oxygen.
5. Calculate the volume occupied by 4 g of CO2 at 1 atm and 273 K.
6. A gas effuses through a tiny hole 4 times faster than oxygen. Identify the gas
(molar mass).
7. A 2.5 L container holds a gas mixture: 1 mol He, 2 mol Ar at 298 K. Find the
total pressure.
