Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception RGM007

Energy degradation means that the energy has been transferred someplace else so you can no longer use it (Pinto, et al., 2005).

Items that test for misconception RGM007 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Unless prevented from doing so, ene…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
RG067002	Saying that energy is used up when a machine operates means that some energy spread out to the surrounding environment as thermal energy, and that energy is now in a less useful form.	28%
RG078003	Each time a person used a flashlight some of the energy from the battery was transferred to the surrounding environment. Eventually all of the energy became uniformly distributed in the surrounding environment and was no longer available to make the flashlight work.	23%