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    Atoms, Molecules, and States of Matter

Item AM058001: A gas, a solid, and a cell are all made up of atoms but heat is not.

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Which of the following is NOT made up of atoms?

  1. Heat
  2. A gas
  3. A cell
  4. A solid
Topic
Correct Answer
A
Misconceptions
Answer Choice: B
AMM137: Gases are not made up of atoms (AAAS Project 2061, n.d.).
Answer Choice: C
AMM070: Cells are not made up of atoms (Herrmann-Abell & DeBoer, 2008).
Answer Choice: D
AMM020: Solids are not made up of atoms; especially those without visible granularity (Johnson, 1998c; Nakhleh et al., 1999; Nakhleh et al., 2005; Nakhleh et al., 2006).
Distribution of Responses
Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item 058001
Students Responding Correctly
Group Correct Total Percent
Overall 7783 13387 58%
Grades
  6–8 4344 8143 53%
  9–12 3405 5191 66%
Gender
  Male3946645761%
  Female3715670355%
Primary Language
  English69641173859%
  Other657136948%

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Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A Substances are made from different types of atoms, which combine with one another in various ways. Atoms form molecules that range in size from two to thousands of atoms.