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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.

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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.

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