Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception RGM016

As sound travels through matter, the matter moves along with the sound wave (Hapkiewicz, 1992).

Items that test for misconception RGM016 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Energy is transferred by sound beca…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
RG195001	Sound transfers energy from a sender to an object by a series of molecular collisions, but the molecules do not travel from the sender to the object.	33%
RG039003	Sound transfers energy through matter as the molecules that make up the matter collide with one another.	33%
RG194001	As sound from a speaker travels through water, the matter moves back and forth in a wavelike motion.	30%
RG193001	As sound travels through water, matter is displaced for a period of time but then returns to its original position after the sound passes.	26%
RG037003	As sound moves through air, molecules that make up air vibrate and collide with each other. As the molecules collide, energy is transferred from one molecule to the next.	22%

Items that test for misconception RGM016 in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
RG026004	As sound travels through a liquid, the matter is displaced for a period of time but then returns to its original position after the sound passes.	26%