Choose whether each statement is a scientific hypothesis, theory, or law. The pressure a gas exerts on a container increases as the temperature increases because the particles in the warmer gas move faster and collide with the walls of the container with more force.

This statement explains why gas pressure increases with temperature: warmer particles move faster and collide with the container walls more forcefully. Scientific theories explain mechanisms behind observed patterns, while laws describe patterns without explaining why they occur. Therefore, this is a theory.

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