Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception EGM049

Inanimate objects do not have any thermal energy (Herrmann-Abell & DeBoer, 2010).

Items that test for misconception EGM049 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (The amount of thermal energy an obj…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
EG083002	A living person, a living plant, a dead plant, and a penny all have thermal energy.	69%
EG062003	A living person, a dead plant, and a penny all have thermal energy.	61%
EG027004	For two wooden blocks that are at the same temperature, the block that weighs more has more thermal energy.	20%

Items that test for misconception EGM049 in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
EG045002	All things have thermal energy because thermal energy is the result of atoms moving, and all things are made up of atoms that are moving.	16%