What happens to the pressure of a gas if its temperature is increased while keeping the volume constant?
Correct Answer: Pressure increases
- Step 1: Understand that gases are made of tiny particles that move around.
- Step 2: Know that temperature is a measure of how fast these particles are moving.
- Step 3: Realize that if you increase the temperature, the particles move faster.
- Step 4: When the particles move faster, they hit the walls of their container more often and with more force.
- Step 5: If the volume of the container does not change, these more frequent and forceful hits increase the pressure inside the container.
- Step 6: Therefore, when the temperature increases and the volume stays the same, the pressure of the gas increases.
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