Question

Large volumes of a gas can be put into a small cylinder and transported easily. The reason behind this is:

• A. Gas does not occupy the whole volume of container.
• B. Gas does have definite shape and they are rigid.
• C. Gas does not have definite shape and have high compressibility
• D. Gases do not occupy space.

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Gas does not have definite shape and have high compressibility

Large volumes of a gas can be put into a small cylinder and transported easily because gas particles are loosely bound and have a lot of free space between the particles. So it is easy to bring the particles closer together by applying some pressure which reduces the volume they occupy. This lets us put them into small cylinders.