Asked by nunya

As the temperature of a closed system is decreased, what happens to the kinetic energy in the system?(1 point)
Responses

It stays the same.
It stays the same.

It increases.
It increases.

It drops to zero.
It drops to zero.

It decreases.
It decreases.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It decreases.

Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system, so lowering the temperature lowers their kinetic energy.