Beginner's Guide to Rockets
Charles and Gay Lussac's Law
Activity
If so instructed by your teacher, print out a worksheet page for these
problems.
After reading the
Web page Charles and Gay-Lussac's
Law and using the Animated
Gas Lab, complete the activity to answer questions.
Additional Materials
needed per group of 4 students:
2 empty small
plastic soft drink containers of the same size, 2 eight inch balloons,
hot plate and pan or beaker of boiling water, ring stand and clamp to
hold container in water.
Click on Animated Gas Lab.
On the left, under "Freeze One Variable," click on Mass.
After mass is frozen, click on Pressure so that it is also
frozen. Next, click on the green area "Effect of changing volume
on temperature." Answer the questions shown below:
1. Which
variable is plotted on the graph's vertical axis?
2. Which
variable is plotted on the graph's horizontal axis?
3. Locate
the pressure gauge. You may need to scroll down. What is the pressure
in kilopascals?
4. The red
plunger is used to exert pressure on the gas molecules in which colored
area?
5. Complete
the table below as you watch the animated gas lab.
Temperature
|
Volume
|
-
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2.5
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-
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3.5
|
-
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4.5
|
6. What do
you predict the temperature will be when the volume becomes 5.5?
7. Sketch
the completed temperature-volume graph.
8. Click
on "Effect of changing temperature on volume." Describe
what is used to increase the temperature.
9. Sketch
the completed volume-temperature graph.
10. Write
the formula equation for Charles and Gay-Lussac's Law.
11. Write
the equation for Charles and Gay-Lussac's Law in words.
12. In the
animated gas lab, the units of temperature are _________________. (Click
on Charles and Gay-Lussac's Law
if you need help.)
13. What
are the units of volume used in this lab?
14. Predict
what the volume in this lab would be if the temperature were 525 K.
15. Predict
what the volume in this lab would be if the temperature were 275 K.
16. State
Charles and Gay-Lussac's Law in your own words.
17. Blow
up two balloons to the same size, about 6 inches in diameter. Place
the opening of one balloon over the opening of each plastic bottle.
Make sure the air doesn't leak out and that both balloons still have
the same volume. Leave one bottle on the table and place the other in
the hot water bath. Use the clamp to hold the bottle in position, so
that it does not float. Describe what happens to the balloons.
18. How does
your experience with the balloons compare to the animated gas lab?
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