Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ Misconception RGM045

Light cannot travel through space. A medium is required to transfer energy by radiation.

Items that test for misconception RGM045 in this project (ASPECt) and key idea ()
Item ID Number	Item Description	How Often the Misconception was Chosen	Select This Item for My Item Bank
RG068003	Energy can be transferred by light in outer space because light can travel without air carrying it, but energy cannot be transferred by sound because sound requires a medium such as air to carry it.	31%
RG141002	All objects give off electromagnetic radiation, so an inventor will never get a true zero reading on a device that measures energy transferred from an object by electromagnetic radiation.	20%