As the Temperature of the Air Increases, What Happens to the Velocity

question 86

Multiple Choice

As the temperature of the air increases, what happens to the velocity of sound? (Assume that all other factors remain constant.)

• A) It increases.
• B) It decreases.
• C) It does not change.
• D) It increases when atmospheric pressure is high and decreases when the pressure is low.
• E) It increases when atmospheric pressure is low and decreases when the pressure is high.

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Definitions:

Subalternate

In Aristotelian logic, a term that refers to the relationship between particular and universal propositions where the truth of the universal necessitates the truth of the particular.

Quality

A measure of how good something is in relation to similar types of things; its level of excellence.

Quantity

The property that describes the amount or number of material or immaterial things.

Subcontrary

In logic, propositions that cannot both be false but can both be true, used in the context of categorical logic.