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Which of the following statements from kinetic molecular theory can be used to explain why a region of low pressure will result in gas particles rushing into that region?

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Which of the following statements from kinetic molecular theory can be used to explain why a region of low pressure will result in gas particles rushing into that region?


  1. Particles of a gas are widely separated, consequently can be easily compressed.
  2. Gas particles are moving at very high speed in random directions.
  3. There are a great many sub-microscopic particles per unit volume
  4. Gas particles will exert a force on colliding with the walls of their container.

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B: As particles of a gas are moving at high speed (hundreds of metres per second) and in random directions, every direction will have some particles moving in that direction. Hence a region with fewer particles (i.e. at a lower pressure) will have more particles moving into it than are moving away from it. This will tend to eliminate volumes with different pressures.

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