Science Assessment ~ Items ~ NG031004

A cook uses an iron frying pan to cook a meal. After cooking, he places the hot frying pan on the counter. After a while, the frying pan, the counter, and the air in the room will be at the same temperature. Why?

Because energy will be transferred from the frying pan to the counter and from the frying pan to the air
Because coldness will be transferred from the counter to the frying pan and from the air to the frying pan
Because energy will be transferred from the frying pan to the counter and from the frying pan to the air, and coldness will be transferred from the counter to the frying pan and from the air to the frying pan
Because energy will be transferred from the frying pan to the air, but energy will not be transferred from the frying pan to the counter

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Performance
NGSS

Topic: Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Correct Answer: A
Misconceptions

Distribution of Responses

Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item EG031004

Scale Score for Item Difficulty (200[Easy]-800[Difficult]): 506

Students Responding Correctly

Group	Correct	Total	Percent
Overall	890	2356	38%
Grades
4–5	152	393	39%
6–8	346	987	35%
9–12	392	976	40%
Gender
Male	478	1171	41%
Female	399	1141	35%
Primary Language
English	829	2127	39%
Other	39	168	23%

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Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS3.B Energy is spontaneously transferred out of hotter regions or objects and into colder ones.

Science Assessment

Item NG031004: If a hot frying pan is placed on the counter, after a while the frying pan, the counter, and the air will be at the same temperature because thermal energy will be transferred from the frying pan to the counter and from the frying pan to the air.