Question #7d207
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Mar 24, 2015
Kinetic energy and pressure increase.
Temperature is what we use to represent macroscopically a flow of energy (such as heat) and the Internal Energy of your gas.
When you heat your gas (=flow of energy) its temperature rises and the gas acquires energy; the molecules of the gas "receive" this energy (internal energy now) and move faster (=increase in kinetic energy); but now when they collide with the walls of the container they "push" harder (= pressure increases). As an example think at a pressure cooker!
