Which of the following statements about the relationship between pressure and temperature is true?
A) As temperature increases, the volume of a gas decreases.
B) The volume of a gas is unaffected by temperature changes.
C) The volume of a gas is affected by temperature changes, but it is not possible to predict how it is affected.
D) Increasing the temperature would make some of the gas escape from the balloon, decreasing the volume.
E) As temperature increases, the volume of a gas also increases.

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According to the gas laws, as the temperature of a gas increases, the particles move faster and spread farther apart, which causes an increase in volume. This means that as temperature increases, the volume of a gas also increases.

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