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1. Direct relationship: A relationship between two variables, where a change in one variable results in the same change in the other variable. For example, if one variable is increased, then the other variable will also increase.
Indirect relationship: A relationship between two variables, where a change in one variable results in the opposite change in the other variable. For example, if one variable is increased, then the other variable will decrease.
a. Considering the terms described above, do the variables of pressure and volume have a direct or an indirect relationship in Boyle’s Law? Justify your answer with data.
b. Considering what you now know about Boyle’s law, make a prediction based on the following situation: What would happen to the pressure of a gas inside a sealed bottle, if the bottle was squeezed tightly, reducing the volume of the gas by half? Explain your thoughts.
2.Using Gay-Lussac’s law, make a prediction based on the following situation: What would happen to the pressure of a gas inside a sealed bottle, if the bottle were cooled to half of its original temperature? What happens to the movement of the gas molecules in the bottle at lower temperatures? Explain how this is or is not related to the change in pressure.
3.What conditions can we use to perform the experiment investigating Avogadro’s law? Why are they necessary?