Practice Questions For Ch. 5: Name: - Class: - Date: - Id: A

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Practice questions for Ch. 5
1. A glass column is filled with mercury and inverted in a pool of mercury. The mercury column stabilizes
at a height of 729 mm above the pool of mercury. What is the pressure of the atmosphere?
A) 1.04 atm
B) 0.729 atm
C) 0.959 atm
D) 456 atm
E) 0.639 atm
2. The local weather forecaster reports that the current barometric pressure is 30.4 inches of mercury.
What is the current pressure in atmospheres?
A) 1.02 atm
B) 10.29 atm
C) 1.00 atm
D) 4.05 atm
E) 910 atm
3. Gaseous chlorine is held in two separate containers at identical temperature and pressure. The volume
of container 1 is 1.30 L, and it contains 6.70 mol of the gas. The volume of container 2 is 2.33 L. How
many moles of the gas are in container 2?
A) 12.0 mol
B) 20.3 mol
C) 0.452 mol
D) 3.74 mol
E) none of these
4. Body temperature is about 309 K. On a cold day, what volume of air at 276 K must a person with a lung
capacity of 2.2 L breathe in to fill the lungs?
A) 2.46 L
B) 1.97 L
C) 2.08 L
D) 3.93 L
E) none of these
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You have two samples of the same gas in the same size container, with the same pressure. The gas in
the first container has a Kelvin temperature four times that of the gas in the other container.
5. The ratio of the number of moles of gas in the first container compared to that in the second is
A) 1:1
B) 4:1
C) 1:4
D) 2:1
E) 1:2
6. The ratio of the average velocity of particles in the first container compared to that in the second is
A) 1:1
B) 4:1
C) 1:4
D) 2:1
E) 1:2
7. A sample of oxygen gas has a volume of 1.72 L at 27°C and 800.0 torr. How many oxygen molecules
does it contain?
22
A) 4.43 × 10
25
B) 3.36 × 10
23
C) 4.92 × 10
24
D) 8.19 × 10
E) none of these
8. What volume is occupied by 21.0 g of methane (CH4) at 27°C and 1.25 atm?
A) 37.2 L
B) 25.8 L
C) 2.32 L
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D) 4.14 × 10 L
E) not enough data to calculate
9. A 41.1-g sample of Ne gas exerts a certain pressure in a container of fixed volume. What mass of Ar is
required to exert half the pressure at the same conditions of volume and temperature?
A) 81.4 g Ar
B) 1.02 g Ar
C) 163 g Ar
D) 821 g Ar
E) 40.7 g Ar
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10. Given a cylinder of fixed volume filled with 1 mol of argon gas, which of the following is correct?
(Assume all gases obey the ideal gas law.)
A) If the temperature of the cylinder is changed from 25°C to 50°C, the pressure
inside the cylinder will double.
B) If a second mole of argon is added to the cylinder, the ratio T/P would remain
constant.
C) A cylinder of identical volume filled with the same pressure of helium must
contain more atoms of gas because He has a smaller atomic radius than argon.
D) Two of the above.
E) None of the above.
11. For a gas, which two variables are directly proportional to each other (if all other conditions remain
constant)?
1. T and n
2. V and n
3. V and T
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 3 only
D) 1 and 2 only
E) 2 and 3 only
12. Which of the following is the best qualitative graph of P versus molar mass of a 1-g sample of different
gases at constant volume and temperature?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E) none of these
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13. Given reaction 2NH3(g) + 3Cl2(g) → N2(g) + 6HCl(g), you react 5.0 L of NH3 with 5.0 L of Cl2
measured at the same conditions in a closed container. Calculate the ratio of pressures in the container
(Pfinal/Pinitial).
A) 0.75
B) 1.00
C) 1.33
D) 1.50
E) none of these
14. You carry out the reaction represented by the following balanced equation:
N2(g) + 3H2(g) → 2NH3(g)
You add an equal number of moles of nitrogen and hydrogen gases in a balloon. The volume of the
balloon is 1.00 L before any reaction occurs. Determine the volume of the balloon after the reaction is
complete. Assume constant temperature.
A) 0.330 L
B) 0.670 L
C) 1.00 L
D) 1.50 L
E) 3.00 L
15. A 3.54 gram sample of a certain diatomic gas occupies a volume of 3.30-L at 1.00 atm and a
temperature of 45°C. Identify this gas.
A) N 2
B) O 2
C) F 2
D) H2
E) Cl2
16. The purity of a sample containing zinc and weighing 0.312 g is determined by measuring the amount of
hydrogen formed when the sample reacts with an excess of hydrochloric acid. The determination shows
the sample to be 84.0% zinc. What amount of hydrogen (measured at STP) was obtained?
−1
A) 2.62 × 10 L
−1
B) 1.30 × 10 g
−3
C) 4.77 × 10 mole
21
D) 2.41 × 10 molecules
21
E) 2.41 × 10 atoms
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17. A mixture of KCl and KClO3 weighing 1.34 grams was heated; the dry O2 generated occupied 143 mL
at STP. What percent of the original mixture was KClO3, which decomposes as follows:
2KClO 3 (s) → 2KCl(s) + 3O 2 (g)
A) 38.9%
B) 58.4%
C) 87.6%
D) 10.7%
E) 23.7%
18. Oxygen gas, generated by the reaction 2KClO 3 (s) → 2KCl(s) + 3O 2 (g) is collected over water at 27°C
in a 1.55-L vessel at a total pressure of 1.00 atm. (The vapor pressure of H2O at 27°C is 26.0 torr.) How
many moles of KClO3 were consumed in the reaction?
A) 0.0608 moles
B) 0.0912 moles
C) 0.0405 moles
D) 0.0434 moles
E) 1.50 moles
19. The valve between a 5-L tank containing a gas at 9 atm and a 10-L tank containing a gas at 6 atm is
opened. Calculate the final pressure in the tanks.
A) 3 atm
B) 4 atm
C) 7 atm
D) 15 atm
E) none of these
20. The partial pressures of CH4, N2, and O2 in a sample of gas were found to be 135 mmHg, 508 mmHg,
and 571 mmHg, respectively. Calculate the mole fraction of nitrogen.
A) 20.4
B) 0.470
C) 0.418
D) 0.751
E) 0.359
21. Calculate the root mean square velocity for the O2 molecules in a sample of O2 gas at 11.8°C. (R =
8.3145 J/K mol)
A) 95.91 m/s
B) 14.90 m/s
C) 471.2 m/s
D) 272.0 m/s
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E) 8.973 × 10 m/s
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22. According to the postulates of the kinetic theory of gases, the average speed of the molecules of a given
gas is proportional to the
A) absolute temperature squared
B) square root of the absolute temperature
C) absolute temperature
D) Celsius temperature squared
E) reciprocal of the absolute temperature
23. Which of the following would have a higher rate of effusion than C2H2?
A) N2
B) O2
C) Cl2
D) CH4
E) CO2
24. A sample of N2 gas is contaminated with a gas (A) of unknown molar mass. The partial pressure of
each gas is known to be 200. torr at 25°C. The gases are allowed to effuse through a pinhole, and it is
found that gas A escapes at 4 times the rate of N2. The molar mass of gas A is:
A) 1.75 g/mol
B) 112 g/mol
C) 7.01 g/mol
D) 448 g/mol
E) none of these
25. Which of the following properties of a real gas is related to the b coefficient in the van der Waals
equation?
A) Real gases consist of molecules or atoms that have volume.
B) The average speed of the molecules of a real gas increases with temperature.
C) There are attractive forces between atoms or molecules of a real gas.
D) The rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the
molecular weight of the gas.
E) None of these.
26. Which of the following effects will make PV/nRT less than one for a real gas?
A) The gas molecules are large enough to occupy a substantial amount of space.
B) A large number of molecules have speeds greater than the average speed.
C) The gas molecules have a very low molar mass.
D) The gas molecules attract one another.
E) None of these.
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27. Of the following real gases, which would be expected to have the lowest van der Waals correction for
intermolecular attractions?
A) H2
B) Cl2
C) NH3
D) O2
E) not enough information to determine
28. Which of the following pollutant gases is not produced directly in a combustion engine?
A) CO
B) CO2
C) O3
D) NO
E) NO2
29. A room is 16 ft × 12 ft × 12 ft. Would air enter or leave the room if the temperature changed from 27°C
to –3°C while the pressure remained constant? Determine the volume of the air that moved in or out of
the room.
30. If equal masses of hydrogen gas and helium gas are placed in the same container, determine the ratio of
partial pressure of hydrogen : partial pressure of helium.
31. A manometer is attached to a sample of gas that occupies a volume of 2.34 liters. The mercury level in
arm of the manometer attached to the gas sample is 24.3 torr lower than that of the arm open to the
atmosphere. Atmospheric pressure is measured to be 1.23 atm. What is the pressure of the sample of
gas?
A) 23.1 torr
B) 25.5 torr
C) 911 torr
D) 935 torr
E) 959 torr
32. A gas is found to diffuse at half the rate of methane (CH4). Which of the following could be this gas?
A) O2
B) N2
C) CO2
D) SO2
E) C2H6
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ID: A
Practice questions for Ch. 5

Answer Section
1. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5.1

KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | gas pressure MSC: Quantitative
2. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5.1
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | empirical gas laws | Avogadro's law
MSC: Quantitative
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5.2
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | empirical gas laws | Charles's law
MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | ideal gas law
MSC: Conceptual
6. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.6
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | kinetic-molecular theory
MSC: Conceptual
MSC: Quantitative
MSC: Quantitative
9. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.3
MSC: Quantitative
MSC: Conceptual
11. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5.3
MSC: Conceptual
12. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: 5.4
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | ideal gas law | gas density
MSC: Conceptual
13. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.4
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | ideal gas law | stoichiometry and gas volumes
MSC: Conceptual
14. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.4
MSC: Conceptual
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ID: A
15. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.4

KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | ideal gas law | molar mass
MSC: Quantitative
16. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: 5.4
MSC: Quantitative
17. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: 5.4
MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | gas mixtures | collecting gases over water
MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | gas mixtures | Dalton's law of partial pressures
MSC: Quantitative
MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | molecular speed
MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | kinetic-molecular theory
MSC: Conceptual
23. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5.7
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | molecular speed | effusion
MSC: Conceptual
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | molecular speed | effusion
MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | real gases MSC: Conceptual
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas MSC: Conceptual
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ID: A
29. ANS:
Air enters the room. 210 ft3 of air moves.
See Sec. 5.2 of Zumdahl, Chemistry.

Volume of room = 16ft*12ft*12ft = 2304 ft3
Room gas volume at lower temp (V2) = V1(T2/T1) = 2304(270/300) = 2097 ft3
2304-2097 = 210 ft must enter room to compensate.
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.2

KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | empirical gas laws | Charles's law
MSC: Conceptual
30. ANS:
2
See Sec. 5.5 of Zumdahl, Chemistry.

Ratio of partial pressures will be same as ratio of mole fractions.
mole fraction H2 : mole fraction He = XH2/2.016 : XHe/4.003, which reduces to 2:1
PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.5

MSC: Quantitative
KEY: Chemistry | general chemistry | phases | gas | molecular speed | diffusion
MSC: Conceptual

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Practice questions for Ch. 5

1. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 5.1

15. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.4

See Sec. 5.2 of Zumdahl, Chemistry.

PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.2

See Sec. 5.5 of Zumdahl, Chemistry.

PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: 5.5

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