Original Project
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 NG047004: When a ball that is 80ºF is placed in a bucket of water that is 50ºF, thermal energy is transferred from the ball to the water until they are both at the same temperature.
The temperature of a clay ball is 80ºF and the temperature of the water in a bucket is 50ºF. A student places the clay ball into the bucket of water. Which of the following describes how thermal energy is transferred between the ball and the water?
- Thermal energy is transferred from the ball to the water until they are both at 55ºF.
- Thermal energy is transferred from the water to the ball until they are both at 55ºF.
- Thermal energy is transferred from the water to the ball until the ball is at 50ºF and the water is at 80ºF.
- No thermal energy would be transferred between the ball and the water, so the ball will stay at 80ºF and the water will stay at 50ºF.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 2923 |
6–8 n = 1807 |
9–12 n = 1107 |
Male n = 1445 |
Female n = 1424 |
English n = 2655 |
Other n = 200 |
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| A. | 43% | 39% | 49% | 43% | 43% | 44% | 34% |
| B. | 27% | 30% | 23% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 27% |
| C. | 18% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 23% |
| D. | 12% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 17% |