Suppose you have two identical 1.0 L sealed containers. Both containers are kept at exactly 25oC. One vessel contains only neon gas at 1.5 atm, and the other contains only xenon gas at 2.5 atm. A) Is the average kinetic energy possessed by the neon atoms greater than, equal to, or less than that of the xenon atoms? Explain.

B) What variable must be changed in order to decrease the average kinetic energy of the xenon atoms?

C) Does the vessel with the xenon gas contain more, fewer, or the same number of gas particles as the vessel of neon gas? Explain.