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Ideal Gas Model

Question 1

What is 1 amu?

  • A) The mass of a carbon-12 atom.
  • B) \( \frac{1}{12} \) of the mass of a carbon-12 atom.
  • C) The mass of 1 mol of carbon-12 atoms.
  • D) 12 times the mass of a carbon-12 atom.

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Question 2

Which of these is not an assumption of the ideal gas model?

  • A) There are no forces between the molecules, except when they collide.
  • B) The molecules' volume is much smaller than the volume of the container.
  • C) The collisions between the molecules are perfectly inelastic.
  • D) The molecules are spherical.

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Question 3

What is the internal energy of a gas?

  • A) The total potential energy between the molecules.
  • B) The total kinetic energy of the molecules.
  • C) The sum of the average kinetic and potential energies of the molecules.
  • D) The difference of the average kinetic and potential energies of the molecules.

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Question 4

Under which of these circumstances is a gas closest to ideal gas behaviour?

  • A) High pressure, high temperature
  • B) Low pressure, low temperature
  • C) High pressure, low temperature
  • D) Low pressure, high temperature

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Question 5

If we increase the average kinetic energy of the molecules inside a container, how will the pressure change, if the other parameters of the container are kept constant?

  • A) It will increase.
  • B) It will decrease.
  • C) It won't change.
  • D) It will first increase then decrease.

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Question 6

When the temperature of an ideal gas in a fixed volume is \( 50^\circ \mathrm{C} \), its pressure is \( p \). What is its pressure when heated to \( 100^\circ \mathrm{C} \)?

  • A) \( p \)
  • B) \( 1.15p \)
  • C) \( 2p \)
  • D) \( 1.5p \)

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Question 7

A fixed quantity of an ideal gas is contained in a sealed cylinder. The initial pressure is \( 2.00 \, \text{atm} \) and the initial volume is \( 4.00 \, \text{L} \). If the gas is compressed to a volume of \( 2.00 \, \text{L} \) at constant temperature, what is the final pressure of the gas?

  • A) \( 4.00 \, \text{atm} \)
  • B) \( 6.00 \, \text{atm} \)
  • C) \( 8.00 \, \text{atm} \)
  • D) \( 2.00 \, \text{atm} \)

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Question 8

A gas is initially at a volume of \( 3.00 \, \text{L} \) and temperature of \( 300 \, \text{K} \). If the temperature is increased to \( 450 \, \text{K} \) at constant pressure, what will the final volume of the gas be?

  • A) \( 2.00 \, \text{L} \)
  • B) \( 4.50 \, \text{L} \)
  • C) \( 1.50 \, \text{L} \)
  • D) \( 3.50 \, \text{L} \)

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Question 9

A container holds \( 0.50 \, \text{mol} \) of an ideal gas at a temperature of \( 300 \, \text{K} \). The gas is at a pressure of \( 2.00 \, \text{atm} \). What is the volume of the container?

  • A) \( 5.12 \, \text{mL} \)
  • B) \( 8.20 \, \text{mL} \)
  • C) \( 4.35 \, \text{mL} \)
  • D) \( 6.15 \, \text{mL} \)

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Question 10

A gas cylinder contains \( 2.00 \, \text{g} \) of a gas at a temperature of \( 273 \, \text{K} \), volume of \( 2.00 \, \text{L} \), and pressure of \( 1.00 \, \text{atm} \). What is the molar mass of the gas?

  • A) \( 24.2 \, \text{g/mol} \)
  • B) \( 34.8 \, \text{g/mol} \)
  • C) \( 22.5 \, \text{g/mol} \)
  • D) \( 44.8 \, \text{g/mol} \)

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Question 11

A sample of \( 1.00 \, \text{mol} \) of a monatomic ideal gas is at a temperature of \( 300 \, \text{K} \). What is the total internal energy of the gas?

  • A) \( 2560 \, \text{J} \)
  • B) \( 4250 \, \text{J} \)
  • C) \( 3740 \, \text{J} \)
  • D) \( 623 \, \text{J} \)

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Question 12

A container holds nitrogen gas (\( \text{N}_2 \)) at a pressure of \( 2.50 \, \text{atm} \), temperature of \( 298 \, \text{K} \), and volume of \( 10.0 \, \text{L} \). What is the mass of nitrogen gas in the container? (Molar mass of \( \text{N}_2 = 28.0 \, \text{g/mol} \))

  • A) \( 28.5 \, \text{g} \)
  • B) \( 22.3 \, \text{g} \)
  • C) \( 25.4 \, \text{g} \)
  • D) \( 32.5 \, \text{g} \)

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Question 13

Which of the following best explains why real gases deviate from ideal gas behavior?

  • A) Real gases have perfectly elastic collisions.
  • B) Real gases have negligible intermolecular forces.
  • C) Real gases occupy a finite volume and experience intermolecular attractions.
  • D) Real gases follow \( PV = nRT \) under all conditions.

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Question 14

Which of the following best describes how the behavior of a real gas differs from an ideal gas when the gas is compressed to very high pressures?

  • A) The gas molecules move faster, leading to higher temperature.
  • B) The gas molecules experience stronger intermolecular attractions, resulting in a lower pressure than predicted by the ideal gas law.
  • C) The finite volume of gas molecules causes the measured pressure to be higher than predicted by the ideal gas law.
  • D) The gas transitions into a liquid phase, perfectly following the ideal gas law.

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