GC question 43 from destroyer 2011

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Muelitas

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Hello! can someone please explain this question....
Which statement is false?

a) Kr has a lower average speed than Ne at the same temperature.
b) The molecules of a gas undergo many collisions with each other and with the walls of the container
c) Deviations from the ideal gas law are greater at low temperature and high pressue
d) All molecules of an ideal gas have the same kinetic energy at constant temperature
e) All are true

so:
a) Kr: 84: heavier; Ne:20: Faster == True
b) True
c) Ideal gases work at its best in High Temps and Low Pressure== True
d) I thought Kinetic energy is directly proportional to temperature, so as long as both gases are at the same temperature they should share the same kinetic energy, right???

I chose E, but destroyer says that D is false.... How is this? Is this a mistake on destroyer? or am I missing something??? From watching Chad's videos he literally says that if 2 atoms have the same temperature, then they will both have the same kinetic energy but different speeds...
Thank You!!🙂
 
The only thing I could think of for this one was that it doesn't say "average" kinetic energy...my kaplan book definitely says "average" kinetic energy, not just kinetic energy...but i got the same one wrong and this is the only reason that i could think of!
 
Wow! I didn't realize it didn't say "average" kinetic energy. Next time I'll make sure to compare whether they are talking about average or simply kinetic energy. Thanks everyone for answering the question!!
 
yeah I missed this one too, they explain with that graph showing that each gas molecule has a different KE but overall the gas's AVERAGE KE is the same. The key is that they are talking about each gas molecule and that it's missing the average KE like everyone else said.