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On cooling down a substance, there is a loss of heat and the kinetic energy of its molecules ____________.


A

increases

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decreases

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remains the same.

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B

decreases


  1. On cooling down a substance, the temperature decreases.
  2. As a result, the heat energy decreases, and the average kinetic energy of molecules decreases.

Hence, the correct option is B (decreases).


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