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Mo5-L4: Vocabulary Review

Directions: Answer each question on the lines provided. You must include the terms below in your answer.

Boyle’s law Charles law kinetic molecular theory pressure

1. Temperature, pressure, and volume affect the behavior of gases. Which variable is held constant in the
relationship described by Boyle’s law?

2. Boyle’s law describes a relationship relating to increases and decreases relative to two of these variables.
What are these two variables?

3. Temperature, pressure, and volume affect the behavior of gases. Which variable is held constant in
Charles law?

4. Charles law describes a relationship relating to increases and decreases relative to two of these variables.
What are these two variables?

5. Pressure is defined as “the amount of force applied per unit of area.” For a sample of gas in a container,
how would pressure be affected by an increase in the volume of the container?

6. What are four main ideas that are represented in the kinetic molecular theory?

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