An atmospheric probe descending through the cold upper clouds of Uranus has a sealed, rigid sensor chamber containing xenon gas. As the probe descends, the temperature of the xenon gas inside the chamber drops from 290 K to 80 K.
State the effect of this decrease in temperature on the motion of the xenon gas particles inside the chamber.
38 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 14.3 Gas pressure and temperature, covering 14.3.1 Gas pressure and particle motion, 14.3.2 Temperature and pressure at constant volume, 14.3.3 Absolute zero and the kelvin scale, 14.3.4 Compressing and expanding gases, 14.3.5 Volume and pressure at constant temperature, and 14.3.6 Doing work on a gas. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.