Factors that Affect Gas

Pressure
Section 12.2
After reading section 12.2,
you should know:

How the amount of gas and the

volume of the container affect the
gas pressure

How a change in temperature

would affect the pressure of a gas
 Amount of Gas
When you pump air into a container, you
increase the amount of gas inside the
tire,
which increases the number of
collisions between gas particles,
which increases the pressure
Relationship is direct:
If you double the amount of gas, the
pressure will double
 Fewer gas
particles,
lower
pressure

More gas
particles,
higher
pressure
In a sealed container, gases move from an area of
high pressure to low pressure
 Volume
If the volume of a
container is reduced, the
pressure will increase

Shrink the
Container
If the volume of a container is
increased, the pressure will decrease

Relationship is inverse
If the volume is doubled, the
pressure will decrease by half
Temperature
If the temperature is increased, the
particles will move faster,

Which causes more collisions

between particles

Which increases the pressure

Increasing the
temperature causes
the pressure to
increase
Decreasing the temperature
will cause the pressure to
decrease
Relationship is direct
As the temperature is
doubled, the pressure is
doubled
As the temperature is
decreased by half, the
pressure will decrease by
half
After reading section 12.2,
you should know:

How the amount of gas

and the volume of the
container affect the gas
pressure

How a change in