Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Pressure

Pressure — practice question

A fixed mass of air is enclosed in a cylinder that has a moveable piston. The piston is gradually pushed inward. What happens to the pressure and the volume of the enclosed air?

  • Apressure decreases, volume decreases
  • Bpressure decreases, volume does not change
  • Cpressure increases, volume decreases
  • Dpressure increases, volume increases

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