Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception RGM006

Energy only degrades when it is not conserved (Pinto, et al., 2005). In other words, energy does not degrade in systems where energy cannot enter or leave.

Items that test for misconception RGM006 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (Transformations and transfers of en…)
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
RG127002	In a windmill, 100% of the kinetic energy from the wind cannot be converted into electrical energy because a small amount of energy will always be converted into thermal energy and transferred to the environment, during each transfer and transformation of energy.	19%