Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception EGM058

The thermal energy of an object is not related to the temperature of the object (AAAS Project2061, 2008).

Items that test for misconception EGM058 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (The amount of energy an object has …)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
RG180001	The amount of energy juice has decreases as it gets cooler.	21%
RG056003	A hotter tea kettle has more energy than a cooler tea kettel because the hotter tea kettle has a higher temperature.	18%
RG058002	As sand gets warmer, the amount of energy the sand has increases.	10%

Items that test for misconception EGM058 in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
NG089004	The total amount of energy in a lunch box containing only an ice pack and the air around it remains the same even after the ice pack gets warmer and the air gets colder. (This item uses bar graphs to depict the amounts of each form of energy.)	20%
EG031004	For two ice cubes of the same mass, the ice cube with the higher temperature has more thermal energy than the ice cube with the lower temperature.	15%
EG033004	For two balls that are made out of the same material and weigh the same, the ball with more thermal energy is at a higher temperature.	11%