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If a gas is kept at constant volume and its temperature is increased, what happens?

Correct answer C. Its pressure rises

Explanation

At constant volume, pressure is directly proportional to absolute temperature (Gay-Lussac's law), because faster molecules strike the walls harder and more often.

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