CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS/GAS LAWS



Critical Thinking Gas Laws???? Name: _______________

Use the gas law formulas and basic science to explain the following phenomena.

1. If a helium balloon breaks loose, it rises into the atmosphere and at some point it bursts. Explain why?

2. If a gas behaved exactly like an ideal gas, at what temperature would it liquefy? Explain.

3. Gases move from regions of high pressure to regions of low pressure. What force keeps the gases of the earth's atmosphere from diffusing into interplanetary space, where the pressure is essentially zero?

4. Why is the air in jet aircraft flying at high altitudes pressurized?

5. Why are many small bubbles more effective than a few very large bubbles in maintaining a supply of dissolved air in a fish tank?

6. Given the following statements:

a. lightning produces extremely high temperatures and has been

responsible for starting fires during thunderstorms.

b. Explosions are the result of extremely rapid expansion of gases

Use Charles' Law to explain the origin of thunder

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