Chapter Summary

The following terms summarize all the concepts and ideas that were introduced in this chapter. You should be able to explain their meaning and how you would use them in chemistry. They appear in boldface type in this chapter to draw your attention to them. The boldface type also makes it easier for you to look them up if you need to. You could also use Internet search engines like google.com on your computer to get a quick and expanded explanation of these terms, laws, and formulas.

air pressure
atmosphere
atmospheric pressure
barometric pressure
catalysts
diffusion

Boyle’s Law
Charles’s Law
combined gas law
Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures
Gay-Lussac’s Law
Graham’s Law
Ideal Gas Law
Kinetic-Molecular Theory
effusion
greenhouse effect
hydrogen
manometer
mercury barometer
normal atmospheric pressure
ozone
pascal
standard pressure
standard temperature
torr