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Kinetic Molecular Theory and Gas Pressure
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Does the identity of the gas play a role in the kinetic molecular theory? Explain.
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According to the KMT, what is gas volume equal to?
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What types of collisions do gases have? How do collisions affect the particles’ energy?
4.
What does the temperature of a gas measure?
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Why do we consider there to be no attractions between gas particles?
6.
What causes gas pressure? What effect will moving a gas to a smaller container have on
the pressure of the gas? Why?
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What causes atmospheric pressure? Describe and name the device that measures it.
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Use the manometer diagrams to answer the following questions:
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In which manometer is the pressure the greatest?
Which manometer may have gas at a pressure of 110 kPa?
Which manometer has a gas equal to atmospheric pressure?
In which manometer is the gas pressure the lowest?
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