ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG186001: When a student holds a snowball in her hand, her hand will get colder because some energy is transferred from the student’s hand to the snowball.
A student is holding a cold snowball in her hand. While she is holding the snowball, her hand gets colder. Why does her hand get colder?
- Her hand will get colder because some energy is transferred from the snowball to the student’s hand.
- Her hand will get colder because some energy is transferred from the student’s hand to the snowball.
- Her hand will get colder because some of the student’s energy is destroyed by the snowball.
- Her hand will get colder because she is touching something that is colder than her hand, not because any energy is transferred or destroyed.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 2105 |
4–5 n = 343 | 6–8 n = 984 |
9–12 n = 778 |
Male n = 965 |
Female n = 1101 |
English n = 1914 |
Other n = 142 |
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| A. | 42% | 51% | 46% | 33% | 40% | 44% | 42% | 42% |
| B. | 26% | 14% | 23% | 35% | 28% | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| C. | 8% | 5% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 9% |
| D. | 24% | 30% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 24% | 23% |