If in the absence of external forces, a rotating ball of hot gas cools and contracts, its rate of rotation

1) decreases
2) remains essentially the same
3) increases

and its angular momentum
4) decreases.
5) remains essentially the same.
6) increases.


Answer: 3, 5

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