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O-LevelPhysicsThermal Physics5054/11 · May/June 2016 · Q171 Mark

A gas in a container of fixed volume is heated. What happens to the molecules of the gas?

AThey collide less frequently.
BThey expand.
CThey move faster.
DThey move further apart.

✓ Correct answer

C: They move faster.

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Thermal Physics, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2016 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 17.

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