Heat Is Added to a Sample of an Ideal Monatomic

question 28

Multiple Choice

Heat is added to a sample of an ideal monatomic gas.Which one of the following statements is necessarily true?

• A)The gas must expand.
• B)The gas must do work.
• C)The type of change that will occur depends on the conditions of the gas when the heat was added.
• D)The gas must change phase.
• E)The temperature of the gas must increase.

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