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Misconception RGM040:

Chemical reactions only involve transformations of matter not transformations of energy.

Items that test for misconception RGM040 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Most of what goes on in the univers…)
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RG196001

Chemical energy is transformed into kinetic energy (motion energy) in a battery operated watch.

9%

Items that test for misconception RGM040 in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas

RG033003

When wood burns, the chemical energy of the reactants is more than the chemical energy of the products because energy was transferred from the chemical reaction as thermal energy and light.

18%

RG032003

The chemical energy of a glow stick after the reaction is less than it was before the reaction because energy was transferred out of the glow stick by light.

12%