Cecily is inflating her bicycle tyre with the pump below. When she pushes the plunger down, it is doing work against the air inside the plunger and so it is transferring energy to the air particles. As a result, the temperature of the air will... what?
Question
Cecily is inflating her bicycle tyre with the pump below. When she pushes the plunger down, it is doing work against the air inside the plunger and so it is transferring energy to the air particles. As a result, the temperature of the air will... what?
Solution
The temperature of the air will increase.
Here's why:
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When Cecily pushes the plunger down, she is doing work on the air inside the pump. This work is a form of energy transfer.
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The work done on the air particles causes them to move faster. The faster the particles move, the more kinetic energy they have.
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The temperature of a substance is a measure of the average kinetic energy of its particles. So, when the kinetic energy of the air particles increases, so does their temperature.
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Therefore, the temperature of the air inside the pump will increase as Cecily inflates her bicycle tire.
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