alleryStart learning →On compressing a gas without state change, what shrinks?
AThe mass of each particle
BThe number of particles present
CGaps between its particles
DThe size of each molecule
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Gaps between its particles
Compression chiefly reduces the large spaces between gas particles rather than shrinking the particles themselves.
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