ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG031004: For two ice cubes of the same mass, the ice cube with the higher temperature has more thermal energy than the ice cube with the lower temperature.
A student has two identical ice cubes except that the temperature of Ice Cube 1 is 30ºF and the temperature of Ice Cube 2 is 0ºF.
Which ice cube has more thermal energy and why?
- Ice Cube 1 has more thermal energy because it is at a higher temperature than Ice Cube 2.
- Ice Cube 1 has more thermal energy because things at 0ºF do not have any thermal energy.
- Ice Cube 1 and Ice Cube 2 have the same amount of thermal energy because anything made of ice has the same amount of thermal energy no matter what its temperature is.
- Ice Cube 1 and Ice Cube 2 do not have any thermal energy because frozen things do not have thermal energy.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 11750 |
4–5 n = 780 | 6–8 n = 5875 |
9–12 n = 5095 |
Male n = 5600 |
Female n = 5896 |
English n = 10336 |
Other n = 1094 |
||
| A. | Ice Cube 1 has more thermal energy because it is at a higher temperature than Ice Cube 2. | 57% | 51% | 56% | 59% | 58% | 55% | 58% | 51% |
| B. | Ice Cube 1 has more thermal energy because things at 0ºF do not have any thermal energy. | 15% | 20% | 16% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| C. | Ice Cube 1 and Ice Cube 2 have the same amount of thermal energy because anything made of ice has the same amount of thermal energy no matter what its temperature is. | 15% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 18% |
| D. | Ice Cube 1 and Ice Cube 2 do not have any thermal energy because frozen things do not have thermal energy. | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% |