When Energy Is Added to a Gaseous System, What Happens

question 79

Multiple Choice

When energy is added to a gaseous system, what happens to the particles of that system?

• A)Nothing, really. They remain in motion.
• B)The kinetic energy of the particles increases, but in an exponential relationship.
• C)The kinetic energy of the particles decreases, to compensate.
• D)The kinetic energy of the particles increases as well.

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Definitions:

Successive Approximations

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