Item NG057003: Energy is transferred when a person touches a cold piece of metal, and energy is transferred when a lamp shines light on a table.
Consider the following situations:
Situation 1: A person touches a cold piece of metal.
Situation 2: A lamp shines light on a table.
Is energy being transferred in either of these situations?
- Energy is transferred in both situations.
- Energy is NOT transferred in either situation.
- Energy is transferred in Situation 1, but energy is NOT transferred in Situation 2.
- Energy is transferred in Situation 2, but energy is NOT transferred in Situation 1.
- Distribution of Responses
- Scale Score for Item Difficulty
(200[Easy]-800[Difficult]) - 501
- Students Responding Correctly
Group | Correct | Total | Percent |
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Overall | 1591 | 3782 | 42% |
Grades | |||
4–5 | 249 | 810 | 31% |
6–8 | 728 | 1616 | 45% |
9–12 | 614 | 1356 | 45% |
Gender | |||
Male | 750 | 1701 | 44% |
Female | 805 | 1972 | 41% |
Primary Language | |||
English | 1426 | 3341 | 43% |
Other | 125 | 320 | 39% |