ASPECt
Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation
Item RG190001: Energy is transferred when warmer air moves from one place to another and when a person listens to music on a radio.
Consider the following situations:
Situation 1: Warmer air moves from one place to another.
Situation 2: A person listens to music on a radio.
Is energy being transferred in either of these situations?
- Energy is transferred in both situations.
- Energy is NOT transferred in either situation.
- Energy is transferred in Situation 1, but energy is NOT transferred in Situation 2.
- Energy is transferred in Situation 2, but energy is NOT transferred in Situation 1.
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 5813 |
4–5 n = 639 | 6–8 n = 2829 |
9–12 n = 2345 |
Male n = 2653 |
Female n = 3006 |
English n = 5123 |
Other n = 516 |
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| A. | Energy is transferred in both situations. | 35% | 32% | 35% | 36% | 35% | 35% | 36% | 28% |
| B. | Energy is NOT transferred in either situation. | 17% | 19% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 22% |
| C. | Energy is transferred in Situation 1, but energy is NOT transferred in Situation 2. | 32% | 29% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 32% |
| D. | Energy is transferred in Situation 2, but energy is NOT transferred in Situation 1. | 17% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 16% | 19% |