CHEM 1020-02 – Spring 2023 – Quiz 07

Due 11.59 pm Monday, March 27th

10 × 1 = 10 Points

1. What is the root mean square velocity of N2 at 172 K?

a) 612 m/s
b) 391 m/s
c) 434 m/s
d) 571 m/s
e) 678 m/s

2. Consider a 1.0-L sample of He gas and a 1.0-L sample of Ar gas, both at STP. Which statement
is false?
a) Both He and Ar atoms in the two samples have the same average kinetic energy.
b) The atoms of the He sample have a higher average velocity than those of the Ar sample.
c) The pressure of the Ar sample is higher than that of the He sample because Ar atoms
are heavier than He atoms.
d) The He sample will effuse faster than the Ar sample.
e) The two gas samples will have nearly identical number of He or Ar atoms.

3. A sample of neon effuses from a container in 76 seconds. The same amount of an unknown
noble gas requires 155 seconds. Identify the second gas.
a) He
b) Ar
c) Kr
d) Xe
e) Rn

4. Which postulate of the kinetic molecular theory breaks down under conditions of high
pressure?
a) Postulate 1. The size of a particle is negligibly small.
b) Postulate 2. The average kinetic energy of a particle is proportional to the temperature
in Kelvin.
c) Postulate 3. The collisions of one particle with another (or with the walls of the

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 container) is completely elastic.

5. Which postulate of the kinetic molecular theory breaks down under conditions of low
temperature?
a) Postulate 1. The size of a particle is negligibly small.
b) Postulate 2. The average kinetic energy of a particle is proportional to the temperature
in Kelvin.
c) Postulate 3. The collisions of one particle with another (or with the walls of the
container) is completely elastic.

6. Predict which volume, calculated using the ideal gas equation or the van der Waals equation,
will be higher for a sample of 1 mol of neon at P = 500 atm and T = 355 K.
a) the volume calculated using the ideal gas equation
b) the volume calculated using the van der Waals equation

7. Predict which pressure, calculated using the ideal gas equation or the van der Waals equation,
will be lower for a sample of 1 mol of Cl2 at V = 5 L and T = 273 K.
a) the pressure calculated using the ideal gas equation
b) the pressure calculated using the van der Waals equation

8. Which energy exchange is best classified as work?

a) The heat released from the burning of natural gas burns heats my home.
b) An ice cube melts and cools the surrounding beverage.
c) I huff and puff drawing a pail of water from a well.
d) My tears freeze into icicles in the sub-zero temperatures of the cold winter in Laramie.
e) My skin gets burned by the flame of a Bunsen burner.

9. Suppose that I eat 2387 Calories worth of Rice and Sambar per day. What is this amount of
energy in kJ?
a) 1437 kJ
b) 9987 kJ
c) 4403 kJ
d) 6126 kJ
e) 7611 kJ

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10. The air within a piston (the system) equipped with a cylinder absorbs 565 J of heat and expands
from an initial volume of 0.10 L to a final volume of 0.85 L against an external pressure of 1.0
atm. What is the change in internal energy of the air within the piston?
a) 217 J
b) 384 J
c) 440 J
d) 489 J
e) 566 J