General Chemistry (Gas State Quiz)

09/16/2026

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Water Vapor, Argon, and Carbon Dioxide

5 gases that makes up earth’s atmosphere:

Gases

It behaves differently from solids to liquids due to difference in their molecular behavior.

Pressure and temperature

Intensive Properties in gases:

Volume

Extensive Properties in gases:

Pressure

It is defined as the force exerted by colliding molecules per unit area of container walls.

Boyle’s Law

It is a law that states the at constant temperature, the pressure of a fixed quantity of a gas varies inversely with volume.

Isotherm

The inverse relationship between P and V can be seen from a plot of P versus V at constant temperature called?

Robert Boyle

Referred to as the “Father of Chemistry,” an Anglo-Irish scientist

Boyle’s J-tube experiment

The experiment Robert Boyle conducted is named?

Mercury

What substance did Robert Boyle used in his experiment to show the relationship between pressure and volume?

P1V1 = P2V2

Formula of the Boyle’s Law

Extensive Properties

a physical characteristic of a system that changes when the size of the sample or the amount of matter inside it changes

Intensive Properties

a physical quantity that does not change when you change the amount of substance in a sample