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The temperature of a gas is increased. Which statement best explains the effect that this has on the motion of gas particles?
The average kinetic energy decreases, and the particles stop colliding.
The average kinetic energy increases, and the particles stop colliding.
The average kinetic energy decreases, and the particles collide less frequently.
The average kinetic energy increases, and the particles collide more frequently.
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The average kinetic energy increases, and the particles collide more frequently.
Reason: For an ideal gas average kinetic energy ∝ temperature (KE = 3/2 kT), so raising T increases particle speeds. Faster-moving particles encounter each other more often, so collision frequency rises.
Reason: For an ideal gas average kinetic energy ∝ temperature (KE = 3/2 kT), so raising T increases particle speeds. Faster-moving particles encounter each other more often, so collision frequency rises.
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