Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception NGM005

Energy can be transformed into a force (AAAS Project 2061, n.d.).

Items that test for misconception NGM005 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea ()
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
NG079003	The motion energy of a book sliding across a table is transformed into thermal energy, not into a force.	79%
RG077003	When two pieces of tape repel each other, the potential energy that the pieces of tape have decreases as they are allowed to move apart and is converted into kinetic energy.	40%
NG082004	When an apple falls from a tree, the apple has less energy when it is on the ground that it did when it was on the tree.	34%
RG075003	When two repelling magnets are let go, some of the potential energy that the system of magnets had when they were being held close together is converted to kinetic energy when let go.	30%
RG160002	As a meteoroid approaches the earth, the gravitational force field of earth causes some of the potential energy of the earth-meteoroid system to be converted to the kinetic energy of the meteoroid.	19%