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Weather and Climate I: Basic Elements
The pattern of the rise and fall of air temperature over a day and over a year at any given place on the surface…
Item NG025003: While a student holds a cold piece of metal in her hand, the metal will get warmer because thermal energy is transferred from the student's hand to the metal.
A student is holding a cold piece of metal in her hand. While she is holding the piece of metal, her hand gets colder. Does the piece of metal get warmer? Why or why not?
- Yes, the piece of metal will get warmer because some thermal energy is transferred from the metal to the student’s hand.
- Yes, the piece of metal will get warmer because some thermal energy is transferred from the student’s hand to the metal.
- No, the piece of metal will stay at the same temperature because an equal amount of thermal energy is exchanged between the student’s hand and the metal.
- No, the piece of metal will stay at the same temperature because thermal energy is not transferred between the student’s hand and the metal.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1554 |
6–8 n = 990 |
9–12 n = 558 |
Male n = 741 |
Female n = 786 |
English n = 1407 |
Other n = 105 |
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| A. | 19% | 22% | 15% | 20% | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| B. | 58% | 53% | 66% | 56% | 60% | 59% | 47% |
| C. | 15% | 16% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 23% |
| D. | 8% | 9% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 11% |