ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item EG057004: The thermal energy of an object depends on the number and type of molecules that make up the object.
The thermal energy of an object depends on which of the following?
- Both the type and the number of molecules that make up the object
- The type of molecules that make up the object but not the number of molecules
- The number of molecules that make up the object but not the type of molecules
- Neither the type nor the number of molecules that make up the object
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 1160 |
4–5 n = 0 | 6–8 n = 606 |
9–12 n = 554 |
Male n = 586 |
Female n = 546 |
English n = 1020 |
Other n = 109 |
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| A. | Both the type and the number of molecules that make up the object | 40% | N/A | 36% | 43% | 38% | 41% | 39% | 40% |
| B. | The type of molecules that make up the object but not the number of molecules | 16% | N/A | 17% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 15% |
| C. | The number of molecules that make up the object but not the type of molecules | 25% | N/A | 25% | 25% | 22% | 28% | 26% | 21% |
| D. | Neither the type nor the number of molecules that make up the object | 20% | N/A | 21% | 19% | 24% | 16% | 20% | 24% |