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I don't understand how compression of a gas causes heat to flow out of the container of that gas... Could someone please help? Thank you in advance!

So, inertia does not exist as a physics term? It is mass that I am supposed to be concerning? and please correct me if I am wrong: mass is a resistance to acceleration and momentum is the tendency for an object to keep moving. If this is correct then what is the difference between mass and...

I see... thank you for helping :)

I meant the difference between linear inertia and momentum. I thought linear inertia does exist though? and it's different from mass?? Please correct me if I am wrong I am really confused by linear inertia, momentum and mass...

But what's the difference between the two? Thank youu

Hi everyone, I have always been confused by momentum and linear inertia. What exactly is the difference between them? Aren't them both resistance to change in motion? Its hard to explain what I am confused with so here's an example: if there are 2 moving cars traveling at the same speed and car...

Consider a gas in a cylinder with a piston. When heat is supplied to gas, there will be work done by the gas on the piston-- gas expands. My question is: as the gas expands, why would there be a decrease in pressure of the gas as the volume increases and the piston moves up? I know because...