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

It decreases.
It decreases.

It drops to zero.
It drops to zero.

It increases.
It increases.

It stays the same.

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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 reduces their average kinetic energy (only reaching zero at absolute zero).