Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception NGM028

Thermal energy just disappears; it is not transferred (AAAS Project 2061, n.d.). Students may be equating the dissipation of thermal energy with disappearing of the energy.

Items that test for misconception NGM028 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Conduction is the transfer of energ…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
NG030004	Food has less energy after it cools because energy (in the form of thermal energy) was transferred to the things the food is touching, such as the air and the counter, and energy (in the form of electromagnetic radiation) was transferred to things the food is not touching, such as the kitchen walls.	11%