Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception EGM026

Thermal energy is produced by atoms and molecules rubbing against one another (Kesidou & Duit, 1993; Wiser, 1986)

Items that test for misconception EGM026 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Energy is transferred through a mat…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
RG007003	Objects which are not touching can not transfer energy using conduction, because conduction occurs when energy is transferred by the collisions of molecules that make up the objects.	27%
RG200001	When a metal rod is heated at one end, energy transfers through the rod by random collisions of atoms.	20%
RG005003	Energy spreads from the warm end of a spoon to the cool end of the spoon by the collision of molecules.	15%

Items that test for misconception EGM026 in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
EG085002	For two glasses containing the same number of water molecules, the water with molecules that are moving faster has more thermal energy because thermal energy depends on the average speed of the molecules.	28%
RG185001	When a liquid is heated from below, the molecules of the liquid closest to the heat source spread apart and create a less dense region of liquid. An upward force on the less dense region then pushes the liquid and its energy upward.	27%
RG140002	Energy will be transferred primarily by convection through liquid water and by conduction through solid iron.	25%
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.	23%