Q. When an ideal gas is compressed adiabatically, its temperature rises the molecules on the average have more kinetic energy than before. The kinetic energy increases

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Solution:

If an ideal gas is compressed adiabatically, its temperature rises, because heat produced cannot be lost to the surroundings. Each molecule has more than before because of collisions of molecules with moving parts of the wall (i.e. piston compressing the gas).