ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG180001: The amount of energy juice has decreases as it gets cooler.
A person puts a bottle of juice in a refrigerator. The juice gets cooler while it is in the refrigerator. As the juice gets cooler, what happens to the amount of energy the juice has?
- The amount of energy the juice has decreases as it gets cooler.
- The amount of energy the juice has increases as it gets cooler.
- Juice has the same amount of energy no matter what temperature it is.
- Juice does not have energy.
- Distribution of Responses
- Scale Score for Item Difficulty
(200[Easy]-800[Difficult]) - 484
- Students Responding Correctly
| Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1813 | 3486 | 52% |
| Grades | |||
| 4–5 | 314 | 663 | 47% |
| 6–8 | 792 | 1507 | 53% |
| 9–12 | 707 | 1316 | 54% |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 879 | 1617 | 54% |
| Female | 889 | 1773 | 50% |
| Primary Language | |||
| English | 1666 | 3138 | 53% |
| Other | 99 | 239 | 41% |
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
- PS3.A Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of matter. The relationship between the temperature and the total energy of a system depends on the types, states, and amounts of matter present.
PS3.B Energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat. When objects collide, energy can be transferred from one object to another, thereby changing their motion. In such collisions, some energy is typically also transferred to the surrounding air; as a result, the air gets heated and sound is produced.