Chapter 11

Question 1

The force per unit area on a surface

Answer 1

Pressure

Question 2

The force that will increase the speed of a one-kilogram mass by one meter per second each second that the force is applied

Answer 2

Newton

Question 3

A device used to measure atmospheric pressure

Answer 3

Barometer

Question 4

A common unit of pressure, symbolized by mm Hg

Answer 4

Millimeters of mercury

Question 5

A unit of pressure equivalent to 760 mm Hg, symbolized by atm

Answer 5

Atmosphere of pressure

Question 6

The pressure exerted by a force of one newton acting on an area of one square meter

Answer 6

Pascal

Question 7

The pressure of each gas in a mixture

Answer 7

Partial pressure

Question 8

States that the total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases (Pt= P1+P2 …)

Answer 8

Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures

Question 9

States the the volume of a fixed mass of gas varies inversely with the pressure at constant temperature (PV = k)

Answer 9

Boyle’s Law

Question 10

The temperature of -273.15 degrees Celsius or 0 degrees Kelvin

Answer 10

Absolute zero

Question 11

States that the volume of a fixed mass of gas at constant pressure varies directly with the Kelvin temperature (V=kT)

Answer 11

Charles’ Law

Question 12

States that the pressure of a fixed mass of gas at constant volume varies directly with the Kelvin temperature (P=kT)

Answer 12

Gay-Lussac’s Law

Question 13

Expresses the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature of a fixed amount of gas (PV / T = k)

Answer 13

Combined gas law

Question 14

States that at constant temperature and pressure, the volumes of gaseous reactants and products and be expressed as ratios of small whole numbers

Answer 14

Gay-Lussac’s Law of Combining Volumes of Gases

Question 15

States that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules (V=kn)

Answer 15

Avogadro’s Law

Question 16

The volume occupied by one mole of a gas at STP (22.4 L)

Answer 16

Standard molar volume of a gas

Question 17

The mathematical relationship among pressure, volume, temperature, and the number of moles of a gas (PV = nRT)

Answer 17

Ideal gas law

Question 18

The constant R in the ideal gas law (PV = nRT)

Answer 18

The ideal gas constant

Question 19

States that the rates of effusion of gases at the same temperature and pressure are inversely proportional to the square roots of their molar masses

Answer 19

Graham’s law of effusion