ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG039003: Sound transfers energy through matter as the molecules that make up the matter collide with one another.
How does sound transfer energy through matter?
- Sound transfers energy through matter by increasing the energy of some of the molecules that make up the matter, and these molecules move through the matter without colliding with one another.
- Sound transfers energy through matter as the molecules that make up the matter collide with one another.
- Sound transfers energy through matter without interacting with the molecules that make up the matter.
- Sound does not transfer energy through matter.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1130 |
4–5 n = 0 | 6–8 n = 618 |
9–12 n = 512 |
Male n = 564 |
Female n = 538 |
English n = 949 |
Other n = 146 |
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| A. | 33% | N/A | 37% | 28% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| B. | 38% | N/A | 36% | 41% | 37% | 38% | 39% | 34% |
| C. | 16% | N/A | 16% | 17% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| D. | 13% | N/A | 11% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 14% |