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A person is drinking a glass of soda with ice. Which option describes the relative kinetic energy of molecules in and above the soda in the glass?(1 point)
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in: least energy

above: greatest energy

in: least energy above: greatest energy

in: greatest energy

above: least energy

in: greatest energy above: least energy

in: least and intermediate energy

above: greatest energy

in: least and intermediate energy above: greatest energy

in: least energy

above: intermediate and greatest energy

in: least energy above: intermediate and greatest energy
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Answer: in — least and intermediate energy; above — greatest energy.

Reason: The ice cools the liquid so its molecules have lower (least to intermediate) kinetic energies, while the warmer gas/air above the glass has molecules with the highest average kinetic energy.