Gas laws

Gas laws explain how gases are affected when pressure, temperature, or volume change. Imagine that a gas is like a bunch of bouncy balls in a room. When the temperature (how hot or cold it is in the room) changes, it affects how excited the bouncy balls get - when it's hotter, they bounce around faster and when it's colder they bounce around slower. When you change the pressure of the room (how much air it has in it), that changes how strong the room's walls are - when there's more air, the walls get stronger, and when there's less air, the walls get weaker. Finally, when you change the volume of the room (how big the room is) that changes how much space the bouncy balls have - when the room gets bigger, the bouncy balls have more space to bounce around in and when the room gets smaller, the bouncy balls have less space to bounce around in. Gas laws tell you what happens when you change the temperature, pressure, or volume - how quickly the bouncy balls bounce around, how strong the walls are, or how much room the bouncy balls have.