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A thermos bottle fitted with a piston is filled with a gas. Since the thermos bottle is we...

A thermos bottle fitted with a piston is filled with a gas. Since the thermos bottle is well insulated, no heat can enter or leave it. The piston is pushed in, compressing the gas.

a) What happens to the pressure of the gas? Does it increase, decrease, or stay the same?


b) What happens to the temperature of the gas? Does it increase, decrease, or stay the same?


c) Do any other properties of the gas change?

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