Question

When gases are compressed inside a closed container, the pressure applied by gas on the container wall.

• A. decreases
• B. increases
• C. remains the same

Answer 1

The correct option is B increases

Gases are highly compressible as there is a lot of space between gas particles.
When a gas is compressed, gas particles move closer to each other. Hence, collisions per unit area increase. In other words, they collide with the walls of the container more frequently. This leads to an increase in pressure on the container of the wall.