Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception NGM062

During conduction, heat particles diffuse through the matter and this diffusion is driven by the difference in the density of heat particles (Chiou & Anderson, 2010).

Items that test for misconception NGM062 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea ()
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen
RG005003	Energy spreads from the warm end of a spoon to the cool end of the spoon by the collision of molecules.	39%
RG200001	When a metal rod is heated at one end, energy transfers through the rod by random collisions of atoms.	21%
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.	19%