Introductory Chemistry Concepts and Critical Thinking 6th Edition By Charles H. Corwin – Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1)

What is the theoretical temperature at which the kinetic energy of a gas is zero?

A) -273 K

B) absolute zero

C) -273 °F

D) -100 °C

E) none of the above

2) What is the term for the pressure exerted by the gas molecules in air?

A) atmospheric pressure

B) vapor pressure

C) gas pressure

D) partial pressure

E) none of the above

3) What principle states that equal volumes of gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain equal numbers of molecules?

A)law of constant composition

B)law of combining volumes

C)law of conservation of mass

D)Avogadro’s theory

E)none of the above

4) Which of the following instruments measures atmospheric pressure?

A)barometer

B)manometer

C)spectrophotometer

D)aerometer

E)none of the above

5) Which of the following states that the pressure and volume are inversely proportional for a gas at constant temperature?
A)Gay-Lussac’s law

B)Charles’s law

C)Boyle’s law

D)Dalton’s law

E)none of the above

6) Which of the following states that the volume and Kelvin temperature are directly proportional for a gas at constant pressure?

A) Boyle’s law

B) Gay-Lussac’s law

C) Charles’s law

D) Dalton’s law

E) none of the above