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Which of the following statements is TRUE about the movement of air and its thermal energy?

Air can move from one place to another, and its thermal energy moves with it.
Air can move from one place to another, but its thermal energy does not move with it.
The thermal energy of the air can move from one place to another, but the air itself cannot move.
Both the air and its thermal energy can move from one place to another, but they move separately.

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NGSS

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

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Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item EG156002

Scale Score for Item Difficulty (200[Easy]-800[Difficult]): 500

Students Responding Correctly

Group	Correct	Total	Percent
Overall	781	1840	42%
Grades
4–5	129	323	40%
6–8	344	792	43%
9–12	308	725	42%
Gender
Male	399	867	46%
Female	371	946	39%
Primary Language
English	712	1652	43%
Other	54	152	36%

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NRC Framework: PS3.B. Heating is another process for transferring energy. Heat transfer occurs when two objects or systems are at different temperatures. Energy moves out of higher temperature objects and into lower temperature ones, cooling the former and heating the latter. This transfer happens in three different ways—by conduction within solids, by the flow of liquid or gas (convection), and by radiation, which can travel across space.