THSB
Atoms, Molecules, and States of Matter
All matter is made up of atoms.
Item AM042002: If you remove all the atoms from a dog, nothing will remain because living organisms are made up of matter, and all matter is made up of atoms.
Imagine that you remove all the atoms from a dog. What remains?
- The same dog, because living organisms are not made up of any atoms
- The molecules that make up the dog, because molecules are not made up of atoms
- The cells that make up the dog, because the cells of a living organism are not made up of atoms
- Nothing, because living organisms are made up of matter, and all matter is made up of atoms.
Pre-Test
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 378 |
6–8 n = 378 |
9–12 n = 0 |
Male n = 207 |
Female n = 171 |
English n = 350 |
Other n = 28 |
|
| A. | 4% | 4% | NAN% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 7% |
| B. | 4% | 4% | NAN% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 11% |
| C. | 7% | 7% | NAN% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 11% |
| D. | 86% | 86% | NAN% | 87% | 84% | 87% | 71% |
Post-Test
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 378 |
6–8 n = 378 |
9–12 n = 0 |
Male n = 207 |
Female n = 171 |
English n = 350 |
Other n = 28 |
|
| A. | 1% | 1% | NAN% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 4% |
| B. | 2% | 2% | NAN% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| C. | 5% | 5% | NAN% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 18% |
| D. | 92% | 92% | NAN% | 94% | 89% | 93% | 79% |