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State True or False.
All the molecules in a gas have the same kinetic energy.

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True
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False
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Solution

The correct option is B False
As kinetic energy depends upon velocity of molecules KE=1/2mv2
and from Maxwell distribution curve, it can be seen that, molecules of all gases have a wide range of speeds so they have different kinetic energy.
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