Original Project
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG030003: Increasing an object's temperature increases its thermal energy.
If you increase an object’s temperature, what will happen to the object's thermal energy and why?
- It will decrease because increasing an object’s temperature decreases its thermal energy.
- It will increase because increasing an object’s temperature increases its thermal energy.
- It won't change because an object's thermal energy does not depend on its temperature.
- It won't change because objects do not have any thermal energy.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 2979 |
6–8 n = 1678 |
9–12 n = 1290 |
Male n = 1447 |
Female n = 1477 |
English n = 2614 |
Other n = 283 |
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| A. | It will decrease because increasing an object’s temperature decreases its thermal energy. | 15% | 15% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| B. | It will increase because increasing an object’s temperature increases its thermal energy. | 62% | 61% | 63% | 62% | 61% | 62% | 55% |
| C. | It won't change because an object's thermal energy does not depend on its temperature. | 15% | 16% | 14% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 18% |
| D. | It won't change because objects do not have any thermal energy. | 8% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |