A hiker seals a plastic bag that contains dried fruits before he climbs a mountain. What will most likely happen to the plastic
bag as the hiker reaches the top of the mountain? The bag will expand.
The bag will shrink.
The bag will remain the same size.
The bag will allow air to enter
I think the correct answer would be the first option. As the hiker reaches the top of the mountain, the plastic bag would, most likely, expand. Before starting, the plastic bag would have a certain amount of gas particles inside. As the you hike, the pressure would decrease causing for the gas molecules to reestablish equilibrium thus pushing the bag outwards. In other words, expanding the bag. Also, base from the ideal gas equation, PV = nRT, at constant temperature and number of moles, pressure and volume are inversely related. Thus, as the pressure decreases, the volume of the system would increase accordingly.
