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Item NG057002: Energy is transferred when a person touches a cold piece of metal, and energy is transferred when a lamp shines light on a table.

Consider the following situations:

Situation 1: A person touches a cold piece of metal.

Situation 2: A lamp shines light on a table.

Is energy being transferred in either of these situations?

  1. Energy is transferred in both situations.
  2. Energy is NOT transferred in either situation.
  3. Energy is transferred when a person touches a cold piece of metal, but energy is NOT transferred when a lamp shines light on a table.
  4. Energy is transferred when a lamp shines light on a table, but energy is NOT transferred when a person touches a cold piece of metal.
Distribution of responses
Answer Choice
Overall
Grades
Gender
Primary Language
 
n = 4399
6–8
n = 2732
9–12
n = 1661
Male
n = 2160
Female
n = 2165
English
n = 3928
Other
n = 360
A. 46% 43% 51% 48% 44% 47% 38%
B. 16% 17% 14% 16% 15% 15% 19%
C. 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 19% 20%
D. 19% 21% 16% 17% 21% 19% 23%