Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Kinetic particle model of matter

Kinetic particle model of matter — practice question

The diagram depicts a sealed gas cylinder fitted with a piston that can move. The piston is pushed down slowly, and the gas temperature does not change. What happens to the mean separation between the gas molecules and to the pressure of the gas?

  • Aaverage distance decreases, pressure decreases
  • Baverage distance decreases, pressure increases
  • Caverage distance increases, pressure decreases
  • Daverage distance increases, pressure increases

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