As an Interstellar Cloud of Hydrogen Gas Shrinks in Size

question 61

Multiple Choice

As an interstellar cloud of hydrogen gas shrinks in size, its temperature increases,

• A) because gravitational potential energy is converted to thermal energy.
• B) because kinetic energy is converted to radiative energy.
• C) because thermal energy is converted to radiative energy.

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