ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item NG025004: While a student holds a cold piece of metal in her hand, the metal will get warmer because thermal energy is transferred from the student's hand to the metal.
A student is holding a cold piece of metal in her hand. While she is holding the piece of metal, her hand gets colder. Does the piece of metal get warmer? Why or why not?
- Yes, the piece of metal will get warmer because some energy is transferred from the metal to the student’s hand.
- Yes, the piece of metal will get warmer because some energy is transferred from the student’s hand to the metal.
- No, the piece of metal will stay at the same temperature because an equal amount of energy is exchanged between the student’s hand and the metal.
- No, the piece of metal will stay at the same temperature because energy is not transferred between the student’s hand and the metal.
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| n = 3854 |
4–5 n = 712 | 6–8 n = 1603 |
9–12 n = 1539 |
Male n = 1712 |
Female n = 2032 |
English n = 3426 |
Other n = 304 |
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| A. | Yes, the piece of metal will get warmer because some energy is transferred from the metal to the student’s hand. | 20% | 27% | 21% | 15% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 21% |
| B. | Yes, the piece of metal will get warmer because some energy is transferred from the student’s hand to the metal. | 57% | 44% | 55% | 64% | 54% | 58% | 57% | 50% |
| C. | No, the piece of metal will stay at the same temperature because an equal amount of energy is exchanged between the student’s hand and the metal. | 15% | 18% | 16% | 13% | 16% | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| D. | No, the piece of metal will stay at the same temperature because energy is not transferred between the student’s hand and the metal. | 9% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 12% |