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Item NG045003: Both a light bulb and an ice cream cone radiate energy because all objects radiate energy.

Consider a light bulb and an ice cream cone.

Which gives off energy by radiation and why?

  1. Both a light bulb and an ice cream cone because all objects radiate energy
  2. Neither a light bulb nor an ice cream cone because only the sun radiates energy
  3. Only a light bulb when it is glowing because only glowing objects radiate energy
  4. Only a light bulb when it is hot because only hot objects radiate energy
Distribution of Responses
Chart showing distrubtion of responses for Item EG045003
Scale Score for Item Difficulty
(200[Easy]-800[Difficult])
530
Students Responding Correctly
Group Correct Total Percent
Overall 452 1493 30%
Grades
  4–5N/AN/AN/A
  6–8 210 837 25%
  9–12 242 656 37%
Gender
  Male23073531%
  Female21673629%
Primary Language
  English414132631%
  Other3314123%

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