Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception EGM031

Thermal energy is not related to the number of molecules that make up an object (Herrmann-Abell & DeBoer, 2009).

Items that test for misconception EGM031 in this project (Original Project) and key idea (Thermal energy of an object is asso…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
EG074002	The thermal energy of an object depends on the number and motion energy of the molecules that make up the object.	38%
EG056004	The thermal energy of an object depends on the speed and number of molecules that make up the object.	37%