Original Project
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item NG045002: Both a light bulb and an ice cream cone radiate energy because all objects radiate energy.
Consider a light bulb and an ice cream cone.
Which gives off energy by radiation and why?
- Both a light bulb and an ice cream cone because all objects radiate energy
- Neither a light bulb nor an ice cream cone because only the sun radiates energy
- Only a light bulb when it is glowing because only glowing objects radiate energy
- Only a light bulb when it is hot because only hot objects radiate energy
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 2967 |
6–8 n = 1849 |
9–12 n = 1112 |
Male n = 1446 |
Female n = 1477 |
English n = 2680 |
Other n = 201 |
|
| A. | 26% | 23% | 30% | 30% | 22% | 26% | 22% |
| B. | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| C. | 31% | 33% | 28% | 31% | 32% | 31% | 31% |
| D. | 32% | 32% | 32% | 29% | 35% | 32% | 34% |