Gas Practice Questions

1) If a litre of CO2 is compared to a litre of H2, both at 25°C and one atmosphere pressure, then:
a) there are more H2 molecules than CO2 molecules

b) the CO2 molecules are on the average moving more slowly than the H2 molecules
c) the mass of one liter of CO2 equals the mass of one liter of H2
d) the average kinetic energy of the CO2 molecules is greater than that of the H2 molecules
e) the CO2 and H2 molecules have the same average speed
2) A 5.00 L container of unknown gas at 25.0 °C has a pressure of 2.45 atm. The mass of the
gas is 32.1 g. What gas is in the container?
a) NO2
b) Cl2
c) SO2
d) F2
e) SO3
3) Consider the following reaction:
N2(g) + 3 H2(g) → 2 NH3(g)
What volume of NH3(g) can be produced from 200.0 L of H2(g) if the gases are measured at
350 °C and 400 atm pressure?
a) 133.3 L
b) 200.0 L
c) 66.7 L
d) 400.0 L
e) 300.0 L
4) Calculate the temperature at which the root-mean-square velocity of carbon dioxide (CO2)
molecules is 500 m s-1.
a) 714°C
b) 414°C
c) 441°C
d) 168°C
e) 1.62°C
5) Calculate the height of a column of liquid glycerol (d = 1.26 g/cm3), in meters, required to
exert the same pressure as 4.91 m of water.
a) 3.65 m
b) 5.16 m
c) 4.91 m
d) 6.19 m
e) 3.90 m
6) A 4.00 L sample of N2(g) at 760 mmHg is compressed, at constant temperature, to 3.20 atm.
What is the final gas volume?
a) 950 L
b) 0.771 L
c) 1.25 L
d) 13.1 L
e) 59.6 L
7) What volume would be occupied by 4.8 g of oxygen gas (O2) at 0.50 atm and 133°C?
a) 10 L
b) 3.3 L
c) 13 L
d) 19 L
e) 6.7 L
8) What is the volume, in L, occupied by a mixture of 16.0 g Ne(g) and 42.0 g Ar(g) at 15.0 atm
pressure and 25 °C?
a) 94.6 L
b) 1.29 L
c) 3.01 L
d) 0.252 L
e) 1.71 L
9) A mercury manometer is used at a barometric pressure of 103.5 kPa.

If the mercury level at the open end of the manometer is 50 cm lower
than the mercury level at the closed end, as shown, what is the
pressure of the enclosed gas?
a) 500.0 torr
b) 53.50 torr
c) 153.5 kPa
d) 66.64 kPa
e) 36.86 kPa
10) A 40.2 L constant-volume cylinder containing 2.21 mol He is heated until the pressure
reaches 4.20 atm. What is the final temperature?
a) 658 K
b) 931 K
c) 804 K
d) 1074 K
e) 258 K
11) A sample of helium gas occupies a volume of 38 L at 500 torr and 75°C. What volume would
the gas occupy at STP?
a) 14.7 L
b) 19.6 L
c) 7.34 L
d) 22.4 L
e) 73.4 L
12) Which of the following gases is less dense than air? (density of air = 1.3 g/L at STP)
a) CO2
b) NO3
c) CH4
d) Cl2
e) Ar
13) Consider the following reaction:
N2(g) + 3 H2(g) → 2 NH3(g)
What volume of NH3(g) can be produced from 400.0 L of H2(g) if the gases are measured at
300 °C and 450 atm pressure?
a) 267 L
b) 600 L
c) 400 L
d) 800 L
e) 133 L
14) Calculate urms, in m/s, for CO2(g) molecules at 10°C.

a) 12.7 m/s
b) 39.8 m/s
c) 75.3 m/s
d) 146 m/s
e) 401 m/s
15) Which statement regarding a sample of an ideal gas is false?

a) If the pressure is doubled at constant temperature, the volume increases by a factor of
two.
b) If the temperature is doubled at constant pressure, the volume increases by a factor of
two.
c) If the temperature is doubled at constant volume, the pressure increases by a factor of
two.
d) If the volume is doubled at constant temperature, the pressure decreases by a factor of
two.
e) If the number of moles of gas is doubled at constant temperature and pressure, the
volume increases by a factor of two.
16) The addition of 2.0 g He(g) to a vessel of 10.0 L fixed volume already containing O2(g) at
25°C and 740 mmHg will:
a) produce a 20% increase in gas pressure

b) bring the final pressure to just slightly more than one atm
c) have no effect on the final gas pressure
d) cause the final pressure to exceed 4 atm
e) cause the final pressure to exceed 2 atm
17) A sample of helium gas occupies a volume of 38 L at 780 torr and 25°C. What volume would
the gas occupy at standard temperature and pressure?
a) 25 L
b) 38 L
c) 34 L
d) 40 L
e) 36 L
18) What is the density of carbon dioxide gas at -15°C and 728 torr?
a) 1512 g/L
b) 2.08 g/L
c) 1.84 g/L
d) 1.27 g/L
e) 1.99 g/L
19) A 15 L tank contains 33.3% methane (CH4) by volume and 66.7% oxygen (O2) by volume.
The total pressure inside the tank is 0.5 atm and the temperature is 150°C. A spark is used to
initiate combustion and the reaction proceeds to completion according to the equation below.
The contents of the tank are then returned to 150ºC. What is the final pressure inside the
tank?
CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (g)
a) 1.5 atm
b) 3.0 atm
c) 0.75 atm
d) 0.25 atm
e) 0.5 atm
20) Nitroglycerine (C3H5N3O9) decomposes according to the reaction:
4 C3H5N3O9 (l) → 12 CO2 (g) + 10 H2O (g) + 6 N2 (g) + O2 (g).

If 100g of nitroglycerine are detonated, what volume of gas is produced at STP?
a) 7.25 L
b) 162 L
c) 9.87 L
d) 39.5 L
e) 29.0 L
Answer Key
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. d
5. e
6. c
7. a
8. c
9. e
10. b
11. b
12. c
13. a
14. e
15. a
16. e
17. e
18. e
19. e
20. c

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1) If a litre of CO2 is compared to a litre of H2, both at 25°C and one atmosphere pressure, then:

a) there are more H2 molecules than CO2 molecules

3) Consider the following reaction:

N2(g) + 3 H2(g) → 2 NH3(g)

9) A mercury manometer is used at a barometric pressure of 103.5 kPa.

13) Consider the following reaction:

N2(g) + 3 H2(g) → 2 NH3(g)

14) Calculate urms, in m/s, for CO2(g) molecules at 10°C.

15) Which statement regarding a sample of an ideal gas is false?

a) produce a 20% increase in gas pressure

CH4 (g) + 2 O2 (g) → CO2 (g) + 2 H2O (g)

20) Nitroglycerine (C3H5N3O9) decomposes according to the reaction:

4 C3H5N3O9 (l) → 12 CO2 (g) + 10 H2O (g) + 6 N2 (g) + O2 (g).

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