Give reasons:
A gas exerts pressure on the walls of the container.
Answer
The particles of gas have negligible force of attraction between them,
- Hence the particles are very loosely bound
- And, the particles of matter are always in a random continuous motion.
Hence, the particles of the gas strike the walls of the container due to the random motion and thus exert pressure on the walls of the container.
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