The temperature of a quantity of an ideal gas is
a. one measure of its ability to transfer thermal energy to another body.
b. proportional to the average molecular kinetic energy of the molecules.
c. proportional to the internal energy of the gas.
d. correctly described by all the statements above. e. correctly described only by (a) and (b) above.
D
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