Gas pressure — Science definition

Force per unit area from gas impacts on a surface.

Where it is taught

• Gas Particles, Diffusion & Pressure — Phases of Matter, Physical Science: Matter, Forces & Energy, Grade 8

Taught alongside

• diffusion
• concentration
• compression
• absolute pressure
• model
• evidence
• system boundary
• assumption

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