Practice mode Thermodynamics

The internal energy of a fixed mass of an ideal gas depends only on its ____.

Correct answer A. temperature

Explanation

An ideal gas has no intermolecular forces, so it has no intermolecular potential energy. Its internal energy is purely the kinetic energy of the molecules, which depends only on absolute temperature.

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