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Question 20

This question is about gas behaviour and hydrostatic pressure.

a.

Complete each sentence to explain how increasing the volume of a gas at a constant temperature affects its pressure.

You can use each word once, more than once, or not at all:

areaenergyforcefrequencyspeed \textbf{area} \quad \textbf{energy} \quad \textbf{force} \quad \textbf{frequency} \quad \textbf{speed} areaenergyforcefrequencyspeed

When the volume of a gas is increased at a constant temperature, the gas particles have the same average _____________.

The particles now travel further between the walls of the container, resulting in a lower _____________ of collisions with the walls.

This produces a smaller average _____________ per unit area over the container walls, which results in a lower pressure.

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b.

A technician investigates how the pressure and volume of a sealed sample of air are related when kept at a stable room temperature. Their experimental measurements are recorded in the table below:

Pressure (kPa\text{kPa}kPa)Volume (cm3\text{cm}^3cm3)
120150
180100
24075
30060

The technician proposes the hypothesis:

pressure×volume=constant \text{pressure} \times \text{volume} = \text{constant} pressure×volume=constant

Use the data in the table to determine whether the technician's hypothesis is supported.

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c.

A robotic submersible is designed to explore the Mariana Trench. Explain why the water pressure acting on the exterior of the submersible increases significantly as it descends to greater depths.

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Markscheme

Pressure Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /Pressure

33 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Physics Pressure. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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