ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG149002: When a student pushes a block across a table energy is transferred to the environment as thermal energy.
A wooden block is sitting on a table. A student gives the block a push, and the block slides across the table, slowing down along the way, and comes to a stop near the other side of the table.
What happens to the energy that the student transferred to the block by pushing it?
- The energy was stored in the block as potential energy.
- The energy was destroyed while the block was moving.
- The energy was transferred to the environment as thermal energy.
- The student did not transfer energy to the block by pushing it.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1779 |
4–5 n = 251 | 6–8 n = 811 |
9–12 n = 717 |
Male n = 848 |
Female n = 904 |
English n = 1600 |
Other n = 140 |
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| A. | 33% | 42% | 32% | 30% | 30% | 36% | 33% | 36% |
| B. | 26% | 23% | 30% | 21% | 27% | 24% | 25% | 30% |
| C. | 32% | 21% | 28% | 41% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 26% |
| D. | 9% | 14% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8% |