Answer to Question #156307 in Physics for Mayank

Question

When a teacher asked a student to explain the ADIABATIC PROCESS from a microscopic perspective, a student wrote, “The temperature will increase because the number of collisions increases as the piston moves downward”. (i) What conceptual error, according to you, is the student making? *

Answer 1

(i) The student says that the temperature is increasing while adiabatic process is the process without heat transfer with environment.