Volume-Temperature Gas Law - Questions

The Volume-Temperature Gas Law Concept Builder is comprised of 25 questions. The questions are divided into 10 different Question Groups and spread across three activities. Questions in the same group are rather similar to one another. The Concept Builder is coded to select at random a question from each Question Group until a student is successful with that group of questions.

There are three activities in this Concept Builder are described as follows:
 
  • The Basic Relationship: Question Groups 1-3 ... Each question is a Multiple Choice question in which students must identify the basic nature of how volume depends upon temperature.
  • Proportional Reasoning: Question Groups 4-9 ... Each question includes a graph of volume-temperature data. Students must inspect the data and predict the effect that a doubling, tripling, or quadrupling of the Kelvin temperature has upon the volume of a gas sample. 
  • V-T Data: Question Groups 10 ... Each question includes a volume-temperature data table with several empty cells. Students must use the volume-temperature relationship in order to determine the value of volume, Kelvin temperature, or the V/T ratio for various states of the gas. A health bar monitors student understanding and terminates the activity when it appears students have a suitable understanding. Based on their understanding, students may have to complete 1-3 Data Tables before being rewarded the trophy for the activity.

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Volume-Temperature Gas Law

  
 
Volume-Temperature Relationships for Gases
 
 
Activity 1: Basic Relationship
Question Group 1
Question 1
A sample of gas has a constant pressure and number of particles. For such a gas, the relationship between the volume and the Kelvin temperature is best described as a _______ relationship
direct
inverse
quadratic
 
 
Question 2
A sample of gas has a constant pressure and number of particles. For such a gas, the relationship between the volume and the Kelvin temperature is best described as a _______ relationship
inverse
quadratic
direct
 
 
Question 3
A sample of gas has a constant pressure and number of particles. For such a gas, the relationship between the volume and the Kelvin temperature is best described as a _______ relationship
quadratic
direct
inverse
 
 
 
 
 

 
Question Group 2
Question 4
Which plot best represents the relationship between the volume and the temperature of a sample of gas?  (Assume a constant pressure and number of particles.)
 

 
 
Question 5
Which plot best represents the relationship between the volume and the temperature of a sample of gas?  (Assume a constant pressure and number of particles.)
 

 
 
Question 6
Which plot best represents the relationship between the volume and the temperature of a sample of gas?  (Assume a constant pressure and number of particles.)
 

 
 
 

 
Question Group 3
Question 7
A sample of gas has a constant pressure and number of particles. As the Kelvin temperature of the gas sample is increased, the volume of the gas will _______.
increase
decrease
remain constant
 
 
 
Question 8
A sample of gas has a constant pressure and number of particles. As the Kelvin temperature of the gas sample is increased, the volume of the gas will _______.
decrease
remain constant
increase
 
 
 
Question 9
A sample of gas has a constant pressure and number of particles. As the Kelvin temperature of the gas sample is increased, the volume of the gas will _______.
remain constant
increase
decrease
 
 
 
 
Activity 2: Proportional Reasoning
Question Group 4
Question 10
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to answer the next two questions.
 
When the Kelvin temperature of the gas is doubled, the volume of the gas becomes _____.
a. Two times larger                                                  b. Four times larger
c. Eight times larger                                                d. One-half the size
e. One-fourth the size                                             f. One-eighth the size
g. Not possible to tell
 
Which pairs of trials demonstrate this relationship?  Select all that apply.
a. 1 and 2                  b. 1 and 3                  c. 1 and 4                  d. 1 and 5
e. 2 and 4                  f. 2 and 5                   g. 3 and 4                  h. 3 and 5
 
 
 
 
Question 11
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to answer the next two questions.
 
When the Kelvin temperature of the gas is doubled, the volume of the gas becomes _____.
a. Two times larger                                                  b. Four times larger
c. Eight times larger                                                d. One-half the size
e. One-fourth the size                                             f. One-eighth the size
g. Not possible to tell
 
Which pairs of trials demonstrate this relationship?  Select all that apply.
a. 1 and 2                  b. 1 and 3                  c. 1 and 4                  d. 1 and 5
e. 2 and 4                  f. 2 and 5                   g. 3 and 4                  h. 3 and 5
 
 
 
 
 
Question Group 5
Question 12
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to answer the next two questions.
 
When the Kelvin temperature of the gas is tripled (increased by a factor of three), the volume of the gas becomes _____.
a. three times larger                                                b. six times larger
c. nine times larger                                                  d. one-third the size
e. one-sixth the size                                                f. one-ninth the size
g. Not possible to tell
 
Which pairs of trials demonstrate this relationship?  Select all that apply.
a. 1 and 2                  b. 1 and 3                  c. 1 and 4                  d. 1 and 5
e. 2 and 4                  f. 2 and 5                   g. 3 and 4                  h. 3 and 5
 
 
 
 
Question 13
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to answer the next two questions.
 
When the Kelvin temperature of the gas is tripled (increased by a factor of three), the volume of the gas becomes _____.
a. three times larger                                                b. six times larger
c. nine times larger                                                  d. one-third the size
e. one-sixth the size                                                f. one-ninth the size
g. Not possible to tell
 
Which pairs of trials demonstrate this relationship?  Select all that apply.
a. 1 and 2                  b. 1 and 3                  c. 1 and 4                  d. 1 and 5
e. 2 and 4                  f. 2 and 5                   g. 3 and 4                  h. 3 and 5
 
 
 
 
Question Group 6
Question 14
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to answer the next two questions.
 
When the Kelvin temperature of the gas is quadruple (increased by a factor of four), the volume of the gas becomes _____.
a. four times larger                                                  b. eight times larger
c. sixteen times larger                                             d. one-fourth the size
e. one-eighth the size                                              f. one-sixteenth the size
g. Not possible to tell
 
Which pairs of trials demonstrate this relationship?  Select all that apply.
a. 1 and 2                  b. 1 and 3                  c. 1 and 4                  d. 1 and 5
e. 2 and 4                  f. 2 and 5                   g. 3 and 4                  h. 3 and 5
 
 
 
 
Question 15
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to answer the next two questions.
 
When the Kelvin temperature of the gas is quadruple (increased by a factor of four), the volume of the gas becomes _____.
a. four times larger                                                  b. eight times larger
c. sixteen times larger                                             d. one-fourth the size
e. one-eighth the size                                              f. one-sixteenth the size
g. Not possible to tell
 
Which pairs of trials demonstrate this relationship?  Select all that apply.
a. 1 and 2                  b. 1 and 3                  c. 1 and 4                  d. 1 and 5
e. 2 and 4                  f. 2 and 5                   g. 3 and 4                  h. 3 and 5
 
 
 
Question Group 7
Question 16
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to predict the volume of the gas when it’s temperature is 1000 K.
 
Volume at 1000 K: ___________
 
 
 


 
Question 17
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to predict the volume of the gas when it’s temperature is 1000 K.
 
Volume at 1000 K: ___________
 
 
 


 
 
 
Question Group 8
Question 18
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to predict the volume of the gas when it’s temperature is 1500 K.
 
Volume at 1500 K: ___________
 
 




 
 
Question 19
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to predict the volume of the gas when it’s temperature is 1500 K.
 
Volume at 1500 K: ___________
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
Question Group 9
Question 20
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to predict the volume of the gas when it’s temperature is 2000 K.
 
Volume at 2000 K: ___________
 
 
 


 
 
Question 21
Observe the data table shown at the right for a sample of gas that has a constant pressure and number of particles.  Use the data table to predict the volume of the gas when it’s temperature is 2000 K.
 
Volume at 2000 K: ___________
 
 
 
 

 

 
Activity 3: V-T Data
Question Group 10
Question 22
The pressure of a sealed container of gas is kept constant while the temperature is changed. This results in a change in the volume of the gas sample. Based on this information, complete the table below.
 

 





 
 
Question 23
The pressure of a sealed container of gas is kept constant while the temperature is changed. This results in a change in the volume of the gas sample. Based on this information, complete the table below.
 

 
 


 
 

 
Question 24
The pressure of a sealed container of gas is kept constant while the temperature is changed. This results in a change in the volume of the gas sample. Based on this information, complete the table below.
 

 




 
 
Question 25
The pressure of a sealed container of gas is kept constant while the temperature is changed. This results in a change in the volume of the gas sample. Based on this information, complete the table below.