Temperature in Kp measurements

[Sheel Shah 1H]

Why does temperature affect Kp calculations? Does the rate constant increase or decrease as temperature increases? Does the effect of temperature on K vary to its degree for different chemical reactions?

[Victoria Draper 1G]

Kc or Kp are constant at constant temperature, but they vary as the temperature changes. As the temperature increases, the average kinetic energy increases as does the velocity of the gas particles hitting the walls of the container. The force exerted by the particles per unit of area on the container is the pressure, so as the temperature increases the pressure must also increase. Pressure is proportional to temperature, if the number of particles and the volume of the container are constant. Overall, as the temperature increases so will the rate constant.

[Yeyang Zu 2J]

You need to distinguish between rate and equilibrium position.
Temperature always increases the rate of reactions (because it increases the collision frequency and the average energy of the particles reacting.)
But the effect of temp on the equilibrium depends on whether the reaction is exo or endothermic. In the case of an exothermic forward reaction, increasing temp will tend to push the equilib to the left (ie towards reactants). In the case of an endothermic reaction, the converse is true. Though in both cases, the equilibrium position, whatever that is, will be reached more quickly.