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No. If a fixed quantity of any gas is heated, it will either expand or the pressure will increase. This is called Boyle's Law.

So, if you have a balloon outside in the cold, and you bring the balloon inside, it will expand somewhat, because the balloon _CAN_ expand. If you have a rigid vessel and you heat it, the pressure increases.

This is the basic idea behind a pressure cooker; a strong metal container with a lid that can tightly seal the pot. As you increase the temperature, the pressure will also increase.

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It generally tends to become cooler because the higher in the atmosphere the cooler it gets.

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No, the eneregized molecules spread out and expand not shrink

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It becomes more dense.

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