Gas is sealed inside a container with a sloping wall. The container is rotated while the temperature and volume remain constant. Which describes the force exerted by the gas on the sloping wall?
Its direction changes with the wall; it remains parallel to the wall.
Its direction stays vertically upwards; it remains perpendicular to the floor.
Its direction changes with the wall; it remains perpendicular to the wall.
Its direction stays vertically downwards; it remains perpendicular to the floor.
108 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 14.3 Gas pressure and temperature, covering 14.3.1 Gas pressure and particle motion, 14.3.2 Temperature and pressure at constant volume, 14.3.3 Absolute zero and the kelvin scale, 14.3.4 Compressing and expanding gases, 14.3.5 Volume and pressure at constant temperature, and 14.3.6 Doing work on a gas. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.